A    JESUIT 


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THE    JESUITS, 


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D.  FANSHAW, 

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HISTOEICAL    SKETCH,  &c. 


•  "  Swear — forswear — and  the  truth  deny '" 
"  Jura,  perjura,  veritatemque  denega!" 

Jesuit  maxim. 

The  Society  of  the  Jesuits  was  founded  in 
1540,  just  eleven  years  after  the  Christian 
church  had  come  out  of  the  Roman  sect,  and 
assumed  the  name  of  Protestants.  The  sinsru- 
lar  originator  of  the  new  order  was  Ignatius 
Loyola,  a  native  of  Biscay.  He  had,  when  a 
soldier,  received  a  severe  wound  in  the  service 
of  Ferdinand  V.  of  Spain,  in  1521 ;  and  he  had 
been  long  confined  in  a  place  where  he  had  ac- 
cess, probably,  to  no  other  books  than  2^he  Lives 
of  the  Saints.  It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that 
his  mind  was  thence  turned  away  from  military 
enthusiasm  to  ghostly  fanaticism.  When  re- 
covered, he  speedily  gave  proofs  of  his  insane 
fanaticism  by  assuming  the  name  and  office  of 
"  Knight  of  the  Virgin  Mary."  And  like  a  good 
type  of  the  future  Don  Quixote,  he  pursued 
with  solemn  gravity,  a  course  of  the  wildest 
and  most  extravagant  adventures,  in  the  belief 
that  he  was  her  most  exalted  favorite.     Hav- 

1* 


5  HISTORICAL      SKETCH 

ing  conceived  the  plan  of  a  new  monastic  order 
he  submitted  the  constitution  thereof  to  Pope 
Paul  III.  And  he  assured  his  "  Infallibility 
and  Holiness,"  that  the  plan  and  constitution 
were  given  to  him  by  an  immediate  revelation 
from  Heaven.  This  he  no  doubt  deemed  neces- 
sary to  be  on  a  footing  of  equality  with  the  other 
orders.  For,  as  Dr.  Stillingfleet  had  shown, 
every  order  of  monks  and  nuns  in  Rome  has 
been  ordained  by  visions,  and  inspirations 
from  Heaven.* 

The  pope  hesitated.  Loyola  took  the  hint, 
and  had  another  conveniant  inspiration,  and 
added  to  the  three  usual  vows  of  the  monastic 
orders  of  chastity,  poverty,  and  obedience,  a 
fouj-th  vow,  namely,  absolute  subservience  to 
the  pope ;  to  do  whatever  he  enjoined,  and  go 
on  any  service  he  wished,  and  into  anj^  quarter 
of  the  globe. 

This  the  pope  could  not  resist ;  especially  at 
a  time  when  the  Reformation  had  convulsed 
his  seat,  and  shaken  his  empire  to  the  founda- 
tion. He  accordingly  issued  his  bull  of  confirm- 
ation, and  sent  them  out  to  invade  the  world. 
Their  object  was  diverse  from  that  of  all  other 
orders.  Monks  professed  to  retire  from  the 
world,  and  macerate  the  body.     The  Jesuits  set 

•  Oc  the  IdcUtry  of  the  Church  of  EomQ,  chap.  h. 


OF     THE     JESUITS. 


out  to  conquer  the  world  to  tlie  pope.  The 
monlLs  hoped  to  conquer  the  flesh — but  they  did 
it  by  acting  contrary  to  the  laws  of  nature,  and 
the  gospel  of  Christ.  The  Jesuits  aimed  at  an 
universal  dominion  over  the  souls  and  bodies 
of  men,  to  bind  them  as  vassals  to  the  pope's 
chariot  wheels.  The  monks  professed  to  com- 
bat in  private,  the  devil,  the  world  and  flesh  ; 
although  they  did  it  in  the  exact  way  to  make 
themselves  the  slaves  of  the  flesh  and  the  de- 
vil. The  Jesuits  were  the  soldiers  of  the  pope  : 
they  knew  no  law  but  the  will  of  their  general ; 
no  mode  of  worship  but  the  pope's  dictate ;  no 
church  but  themselves.  And  the  mass-god 
which  their  head  at  Eome  set  before  them  in  the 
.  wafer  was  the  idol  of  their  adoration.  They  were 
also  extremely  indulgent  to  their  heathen  con- 
verts,— the  Chinese,  for  instance.  They  allow- 
ed them  to  continue  the  worship  of  their  ances- 
tors, and  light  candles,  and  burn  incense  before 
their  images ;  they  imposed  on  them  no  other 
burden  than  to  give  to  these  deceased  Chinese 
the  names  of  the  Eoman  saints,  such  as  St. 
Peter,  St.  Paul,  St.  Mary !  These  the  converts 
had  on  their  lips,  while  their  heart's  homage 
was  given  to  their  ancestors.  Thus  they  con 
verted  them  by  stealth,  and  saved  them  by  de 
ception  and  idolatry ! 


8  HISTORICAL      BKETCH 

Among  the  Indians  of  our  great  West  tliey 
not  only  suppressed  the  truths  of  Christianity, 
but  devised  the  most  infamous  fictions  and  false- 
hoods. "  One  of  them  assured  a  native  chief 
that  Jesus  Christ  was  just  such  a  one  as  he 
would  have  admired.  He  was  a  mighty  chief, 
a  valiant  and  victorious  warrior,  who  had  in 
the  space  of  three  years  scalped  an  incredible 
number  of  men,  women,  and  children."  "An- 
other, in  the  East  Indies,  produced  a  pedigree 
of  himself,  in  .which  he  clearly  demonstrated 
that  he  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Brama !" 
Brewster's  Encyclopedia,  article  Jesuit,  vol.  xi. 

Other  papal  orders  were  in  a  manner  volun- 
tary :  at  least  their  members  had  great  liber" 
ties,  and  were  not  in  abject  submission  to  their 
abbot  or  superior.  But  the  sect  of  Jesuits  were 
placed  by  Loyola  under  a  strict  military  and 
despotic  government.  In  fact,  the  old  wounded 
soldier  took  his  laws  and  discipline  from  his 
military  experience.  Like  the  military  chief, 
their  general  was  chosen  for  life.  To  him 
every  member  was  sworn  on  the  cross,  to  yield 
an  implicit  obedience.  Like  the  soldier,  the 
Jesuit  yielded  up  his  body,  and  soul,  and  wishes, 
and  desires  to  his  general.  He  had  no  right 
to  consult  a  friend,  or  exercise  even  his  own 
judgment.  The  general's  will  was  his  will :  he 


OFTHEJESUITS.  9 

must  go  wherever  their  chief,  residing  at  Rome, 
should  dictate, — be  it  into  Asia,  or  Africa,  or 
any  portion  of  the  globe.  He  put  no  questions : 
he  asked  no  reasons.  The  general  was  his  so- 
vereign god.  He  sailed  with  sealed  orders.  He 
must  teach, — not  what  he  believed  to  be  right. 
He  had  no  choice  of  his  faith.  He  must  be- 
lieve as  his  general  regulated  his  heart,  and 
soul,  and  conscience.  He  must  do  any  deed 
enjoined  on  him,  asking  no  questions.  He  was 
not  to  shrink  from  any  deed  of  blood.  If  the 
general  enjoined,  he  mast  send  the  Spanish  Ar- 
made  to  overthrow  England :  he  must  blow  up 
the  English  parliament  with  gun-powder :  he 
must  assassinate  King  Henry  of  France,  or 
shoot  the  Prince  of  Orange:  or  poison  Pope 
Ganganelli  :  or  enjoin  Charles  IX.  to  perpetrate 
the  St.  Bartholomew  massacre :  and  Loui^  XIV. 
to  revoke  the  Edict  of  Nantz,  and  cover  fair 
Francs  with  blood  and  havoc  ;  and  fill  the  na- 
tions with  the  lamentations  of  her  miserable 
exiles  !  If  he  failed,  he  tried  again  and  again. 

He  stopped  not  short  of  his  aim,  until  it  was 
either  accomplished  or  he  died  on  the  rack,  as 
did  the  assassin  of  tiie  King  of  France.  And  if 
he  did  perish,  he  was  sainted ;   as  was  Garnet, 
the  Jesuit  chief  of  the  Gunpowder  plot ;  who  is 


10  HISTORICAL      SKETCH 

to  this  day  worshipped  as  St.  Henry,  in  Spain.- 
The  general  had  the  uncontrolled  right  of 
receiving  and  disbursing  their  immense  funds; 
and  made  every  nomination  to  office;  and  re- 
moved any  one  he  chose  without  assigning  any 
reasons  to  any  one.  For,  although  nominally  un- 
der the  pope's  power,  the  Society  exercised  an 
unlimited  power  over  the  cardinals,  and  even 
over  the  Pope.  Money,  and  Jesuit  craft  over- 
came all  and  enslaved  all.  They  did  what  the 
kings  of  France  did  to  the  Pope ;  and  what  Aus- 
tria now  is  doing  to  his  vassal,  "  the  Holy  Fa- 
ther." They  flattered  and  caressed  "  the  succes- 
sor of  St.  Peter  ;"  while  they  tied  up  his  hands, 
and  chained  him  in  his  chair  of  St.  Peter. 

The  whole  Society  was  divided  dj  their 
general  into  thirty-seven  Provinces ;  and  a 
register  lay  before  him,  containing  the  charac- 
ter of  each  novice,  and  of  each  fully  initiated 
member :  his  talent,  his  tact,  his  activity,  his 
defects, — everything  relating  to  him.  Hence 
the  general  had  an  accurate  view  of  each  in- 
strument, in  each  field,  ready  for  every  emer- 
gency and  task.  "  The  Jesuits  had  mission- 
aries for  the  villages;  and  martyrs  for  the 
Indians," — says  the  writer  of  their  history,  in 

*  Hume's  Hist.  vol.  iii.  ch.  46. 


OF      THE      JESUITS.  H 

Brewster's  Edinburgh  Encyclopoedia.  "  Thus 
a  peculiar  energy  was  imparted  to  the  opera- 
tions of  this  most  singular  society.  The  Jesu 
its  are  a  naked  sword,  whose  hilt  is  at  Rome 
but  its  blade  is  everywhere,  invisible  until, 
its  stroke  is  felt." 

They  soon  found  their  way  into  schools, 
and  sought  most  anxiously  to  gain  the  educa- 
tion of  children,  especially  of  Protestants. 
Their  maxim  was  this :  "  Give  us  the.  educa- 
tion of  the  children  of  this  day,  and  the  next 
generation  will  be  ours, — ours  in  maX;ims,  in 
morals,  and  religion  !"  They  found  their  way 
into  colleges;  into  theological  institutions, 
as  at  this  day  in  Oxford  and  other  places. 
They  pretended  to  be  converted,  and  to  enter 
into  Protestant  churches.  They  were  found  in 
the  Reformed  Church  in  France  and  Holland, 
and  caused  grievous  and  fatal  divisions  by  false 
doctrine.  They  were  found  in  the  rank  of  the 
old  English  Puritans.  This  was  discovered 
by  a  letter  from  the  Jesuit  confessor  of  the 
King  of  England  to  the  Jesuit  confessor  of 
Louis  XIV.  "  How  admirably  our  people 
imitate  the  Puritan  preachers,"  said  he  in  this 
intercepted  letter. 

They  adapted  themselves  to  all  kinds  of 
character.    With  the  Jew  they  were  Jews  to 


2  HISTORICAL      SKETCH 

gain  their  object ;  with  the  infidel  they  were 
sceptics ;  to  the  immoral  they  were  the  most 
liberal  and  indulgent,  until  they  gained  the 
absolute  ascendency  over  them.  Hence  they 
found  their  way  into  Kings  courts,  and  Queens' 
boudoirs.  This  sect  gave  confessors  to  the 
chief  crowned  heads  of  Europe.  England, 
France,  and  the  Waldenses,  under  the  house  of 
Savoy,  felt  this  to  their  cost.  It  was  in  allu- 
sion to  their  utter  disregard  of  morals,  except 
where  property  and  power  were  to  be  gained 
bv  a  show  of  morals,  that  the  Abbe  Boileau 
said  Avith  great  truth, — "  They  are  a  sort  of 
people  who  lengthen  the  creed,  and  shorten 
the  moral  law !  " 

And  for  want  of  room,  I  must,'  without 
quoating  it,  refer  the  reader  to  the  almost  pre- 
diction of  Dr.  Browne,  Bishop  of  Dublin,  in 
1551,  respecting  their  cliaracier,  their  aims, 
their  deeds  and  downfall.  This  is  found  in  the 
Harleian  Miscellanv,  vol.  v.  oQQ:  and  in  Mo- 
sheim's  Eccles.  Hist.  Cent.  16  ;  sect.   3.  part  2. 

The  success  of  this  sect  was  at  first  very 
slow.  In  1540,  when  the  fi-antic  Loyola  peti- 
tioned the  Pope  for  a  bull  to  establish  this 
new  papal  army,  he  had  onl}^  ten  disciples.  He 
was  in  nearly  as  hapless  a  condition  as  liis 
equally  moral,  and  equally  christian  brother, 


OF      THE      JESUITS.  13 

Mohammed.  But  they  surmounted  every  dif- 
ficulty for  a  season,  by  adapting  their  agents 
and  members  to  every  class.  And  particu- 
larly, they  gained  applause,  and  fame,  and 
wealth,  by  cultivating  the  arts  and  sciences : 
by  diffusing  the  most  extensive  taste  for  the 
classics,  by  their  editions  "/?2  usmn  Delphini ;'''' 
for  the  instruction  of  the  Dauphin,  as  the 
young  heir  apparent  to  the  French  throne,  was 
then  entitled. 

In  fact,  they  soon  supplanted  every  rival 
in  the  department  of  teaching.  They  seemed 
to  gain  the  instruction  of  the  youth  in  every 
European  kingdom.  They  did  for  centuries 
exactly  that  which  they  are  now  attempting 
to  do  in  the  United  States.  They  affected  im- 
mense learning.  All  others  knew  nothing. 
They  went  in  disguise  into  Protestant  king- 
doms and  states.  They  set  up  schools ;  or 
gained  the  Academic  chairs ;  and  the  profes- 
sional chair.  They  won  over  the  youth  to 
their  cause.  Their  female  Jesuits  pursued  the 
same  course  with  the  young  and  tender  sex ; 
and  made  vast  numbers  of  converts  to  their 
sect.  And  these  Jesuit  nuns  did  not  waste 
their  energies  and"  exhaust  their  pious  emo- 
tions in  dungeon  cells  and  the  grated  prisons, 

which  the  want  of  due  gallantry  on  the  part 

2 


14  HISTORICAL     SKETCH 

of  laymen  even  among  us,  allow  the  aspiring 
and  licentious  priests  to  build  for  women, 
under  their  very  eyes  !  !  !  No,  they  were  out 
of  door  missionaries.  They  were  known  by 
the  name  of  "  Sisters  of  Charity," — "  Sisters  of 
the  heart,"  and  other  sentimental  and  imposing 
names.  They  were  female  soldiers  invading 
the  sanctity  of  families ;  "  carrying  captive 
silly  women  laden  with  iniquity"  and  igno- 
rance. They  fought  among  females  as  did 
their  desperate  male  brothers  among  the  males 
in  the  community. 

Forty -eight  years  after  their  organization, 
that  is,  in  1608,  they  had  increased  to  the 
appalling  number  of  nearly  eleven  thousand. 
Before  the  English  Revolution  of  1688  they 
had  obtained  the  direction  of  the  schools, 
academies,  colleges,  and  universities  in  all  the 
European  catholic  continent;  and  they  had  the 
address  to  have  their  members  installed  con- 
fessors to  the  Kings  of  Spain,  France,  Portugal, 
Naples,  Austria,  Sicily,  and  the  regal  Duke  of 
Savoy,  and  every  leading  prince  and  noble  in 
these  kingdoms. 

But  they  had  driven  on  so  furiously  in 
iheir  wild,  ambitious,  and  bloody  career,  that 
innumerable  enemies  were  raised  up  against 
them.     The  Jansenists  were  their  deadly  ene- 


OT     THE     JESUIT  8.  15 

mies  in  France.  Pascal's  "Provincial  Letters," 
written  with  inimitable  good  humor,  and  in 
the  most  elegant  style,  attracted  all  scholars 
and  politicians  to  their  dangerous  morality, 
their  atrocious  principles  in  politics ;  and  had 
inflicted  a  blow  on  the  Jesuits  from  which  they 
never  recovered.  Their  disgrace  took  place 
first  in  France.  They  were  dissolved  and  abol- 
ished in  1762  by  the  parliament  of  France. 
And  in  this  national  act,  the  parliament  as- 
signed the  following  as  the  reasons  of  their 
abolition: — "the  consequences  of  their  doc- 
trines destroy  the  law  of  nature :  they  break 
all  the  bonds  of  civil  society,  by  authorizing 
theft,  lying,  perjury,  the  utmost  licentiousness, 
murder,  criminal  passions,  and  all  manner  of 
sins.  These  doctrines,  moreover,  root  out  all 
sentiments  of  humanity :  they  overthrow  all 
governments ;  excite  rebellion ;  and  uproot 
the  foundation  and  practice  of  religion.  And 
they  substitute  all  sorts  of  superstitions,  irre- 
ligion,  blasphemy,  and  idolatry." 

Their  overthrow  in  Spain  was  sudden  and 
complete.  At  midnight,  March  31,  1767,  a 
strong  cordon  of  troops  surrounded  the  six 
colleges  of  Jesuits  In  Madrid  ;  seized  the  fa- 
thers, and  before  morning  had  them  conveyed 
on  the  way  to  Carthagena.     Three  days  after, 


16  HISTORICAL     SKETCH 

tlie  same  prompt  measures  were  pursued  to- 
wards every  other  college  in  the  kingdom.  In 
a  word,  kingdom  after  kingdom  followed  up 
the  same  course  of  measures  against  these  in- 
tolerable enemies  of  God  and  of  men !  They 
have  been  banished  either  partially  or  entirely 
no  less  than  thirty-nine  times  from  the  differ- 
ent kingdoms  and  states  of  Europe !  And  in 
1773,  Pope  Garganella — Clement  XIV. — 
abolished  the  order  entirely,  as  a  sect  no'  longer 
to  be  endured  by  man !  *'  It  will  cost  me  my 
life,"  said  he, — "but  I  must  abolish  this  dan- 
gerous  order."  It  did  cost  him  his  life.  A 
few  days  after  his  Bull  was  published  against 
the  Jesuits,  a  notice  was  placarded  on  his  gate 
intimating  that  "the  See  would  soon  be  va- 
cant by  the  death  of  the  Pope."  He  died  of 
poison,  within  a  few  days  of  the  time  thus  an- 
nounced, by  their  agency.  He  observed  on 
his  dying  bed  to  those  around  him, — "I  am 
going  to  eternity :  and  I  know  for  what  1" 
Brewster's  Encycl.  vol.  xi.  171. 

But,  although  they  were  thus  dissolved  and 
abolished,  they  still  kept  up  privately  their  or- 
ganization, lu  the  interim,  from  1773  to  1801, 
their  general  resided  at  Rome,- publicly.  In 
1801  they  were  restored,  for  some  political 
reasons,  by  the  Emperor  Paul,  in  Russia.  Thia 


OF      THE      JESUITS.  17 

seems  almost  incredible.  But  this  bad  man 
and  infamous  emperor  needed  the  support  of 
the  worst  of  all  the  Eoman  Catholic  orders  1 
In  1804  the  King  of  Sardinia,  for  the  same 
reasons,  restored  them.  In  1814,  at  the  close 
of  the  late  war,  Pope  Pius  VII.  who  first 
crowned  the  Emperor  Napoleon,  and  then  ven- 
tured to  excommunicate  him,  restored  the  or- 
der of  Jesuits  to  their  full  powers  and  preroga- 
tives in  all  particulars,  and  called  on  all  papal 
princes  in  Europe,  and  tlie  powers  in  South 
America,  and  in  all  the  establishments  of  po- 
pery, "  to  afford  them  protection  and  encou- 
■  ragement,"  as  the  pope's  right  arm,  and  the 
superior  and  most  successful  instruments  of 
extending  Catholicism,  and  pulling  down  all 
heresies. 

In  that  papal  bull,  reviving  this  sect,  the 
Pope  even  in  this  enlightened  day  utters  his 
visionary  claims  in  a  style  befitting  the  Dark 
Ages  !  He  affirms  that  ''  this,  his  act,  is  above 
the  recall,  or  revision  of  any  judge,  with  whatever 
power  he  may  he  clothed.''^  He  thus  sets  at  defi- 
ance all  the  powers  of  all  civil  governments 
upon  the  earth. 

This  order  being  thus  revived,  and  covered 

with  the  shield  of  "  the  master  of  the  kings  of. 

the  earth,"  is  now  in  active  operation ;  and  has 

2* 


18  HISTORICAL      SKETCH 

been  attended  for  the  last  twenty  years  witli 
the  most  appalling  success,  in  undermining 
the  liberties  of  mankind ;  corrupting  religion, 
sowing  dissentions  in  the  churches  ;  and  in  aid- 
ing the  Holy  Alliance,  in  throwing  "a  wall  of 
iron  around  their  kingdoms  to  prevent  the 
entrance  and  dissemination  of  liberal  senti- 
ments." Their  labors  extend  to  every  papal 
and  every  Protestant  kingdom  and  state  in 
Europe,  and  in  South  America,  where  they 
are  the  main  cause  of  all  these  national  convul- 
sions and  bloodshed,  in  order  to  prevent  and 
put  down  all  republicanism.  They  are  also 
most  active  in  Great  Britain  and  the  United 
States,  which  above  all  other  nations  they  are 
most  anxious  to  win,  and  woo  over  to  pa- 
pism. 

The  revival  of  the  order  of  Jesuits  by  Pope 
Pius  YII.  in  the  face  of  the  bull  of  another 
equally  infallible  pope,  who  had  condemned 
them,  and  abrogated  them,  as  a  most  pestife- 
rous and  infamous  sect,  exhibits  a  poor  speci- 
men of  papal  unity  and  infallibility.  And  the 
act  of  Pope  Pius  YII.  ought  to  have  roused 
the  indignation  of  all  the  friends  of  humanity, 
order  and  liberty  in  Europe  and'  America. 
The  following  are  the  sentiments  of  an  abl(:i 
writer  (on  this)  in  the  London  Christian  Ob- 


O  y      THE     JESUITS.  -  19 

server,  vol.  xiv.*  "  What  new  witness  has  ap- 
peared to  testify  on  behalf  of  Jesuitism? 
What  adequate  cause  existed  for  its  revival 
by  a  pope?  "  "  If  an  instrument  is  wanted  to 
quench  the  flame  of  charity,  and  throw  us  back 
in  the  career  of  ages,  and  sow  the  seeds  of 
everlasting  divisions,  and  lay  a  train  which  is 
to  explode  in  the  citadel  of  truth,  and,  if  pos- 
sible, overthrow  her  sacred  towers,  we  venture 
confidently  to  affirm  that  Jesuitism  is  that 
very  instrument."  Until  a  proper  reason  be 
assigned  other  than  this,  we  must  conclude  with 
our  forefathers,  with  the  kings,  and  queens,  and 
parliaments,  and  judges,  and  churches  of  Eu- 
rope, ay !  and  with  the  decisive  bull  of  the  in 
fallible  Pope  G-angenelli,  Clemeut  XIV.  that 
Jesuitism  is  a  public  nuisance,  and  that  he  who 
endeavors,  and  dares  to  let  it  loose  upon  civil 
society,  is  actually  chargeable  with  high  trea- 
son against  the  common  interests  and  happi- 
ness of  the  human  family."  See  Brewster's 
Encycl.    Article  Jesuits,  vol.  xi.  172. 

Let  me  now  advert  briefly  to  the  history  of 
the  following  little  book,  which  these  state- 
ments are  designed  to  introduce  to  our  readers. 

The  Secret  Instructions  formed  a  codci 

*  Pp.  175,  176. 


20  HISTORICAL     SKETCH 

of  the  laws  of  Jesuitism.  They  were  not  al- 
lowed to  be  made  known  even  to  many  mem- 
bers of  a  certain  class  of  Jesuits.  They  had 
bold,  daring,  bad  men  to  achieve  desperate 
deeds,  and  take  off  their  enemies  by  steel  or 
bullet,  or  poisoned  chalice.  These  knew  some- 
thing that  others  did  not.  They  had  also  dis- 
guised agents,  men  in  mask.  These  Jesuits 
knew  something  not  imparted  to  others  of  the 
same  order.  They  had  shrewd,  crafty,  cour- 
teous, and  most  polished  men,  who  courted 
nobles,  insinuated  themselves  into  the  favor  of 
princes,  kings,  and  rich  widows,  and  young 
heirs  and  heiresses.  These  had  their  "In- 
structions" from  their  general.  They  had 
fme  scholars,  decent,  steady,  serious,  moral 
men.  These  were  not  at  all  let  into  the  secret 
of  CERTAIN  Instructions.  They  were  sent 
out  as  traps  to  captivate  the  serious,  the  unsus- 
pecting, the  religious.  These  had  it  in  charge 
to  give  a  captivating  representation  of  their 
Society  of  Jesus.  These  taught  that  they 
mingled  in  no  politics,  sought  no  riches,  kept 
strictly  their  vow  of  poverty.  Their  sole  ob- 
ject, was  by  the  help  of  heaven,  to  convert  the 
world,  and  put  down  Protestantism  and  all 
herecies!  And  in  these  details  these  classes 
of  this  sect  were  honest.     For  they  were  not 


OF     THE    JESUITS.  21 

initiated  into  ''tHe  Secret  Instructions."  And 
hence  they  could,  with,  an  honest  conscience, 
deny,  and  even  swear  on  the  cross,  that  no  such 
Instructions  were  ever  given,  or  ever  received. 
And  the  initiated  Jesuits  took  special  care  to 
push  forward  these  decent,  amiable,  moral  and 
trustworthy  men,  to  declare  to  the  world  that 
no  such  rules,  and  no  such  maxims  as  these  of 
The  Secret  Instructions  ever  existed  among 
them.  And  from  the  high  character  of  these 
men,  their  testimony  was  of  great  weight  with 
kings,  nobles,  and  even  Protestants. 

This  throws  light  upon  the  mystery  and 
contradictory  statements  made  by  honest  Jesu- 
its and  historians  ;  and  by  Protestants.  The 
profligate,  the  cunning,  the  daring,  and  all 
similar  classes  in  this  motly  sect,  with  their 
general,  and  the  host  of  his  spies  crawling  like 
the  frogs,  and  flying  like  the  locusts  of  Egypt, 
all  over  the  land,  were  fully  initiated  into  the 
secret  of  these  "Instructions:"  and  they  acted 
on  them,  every  day.  Hence  the  horrid  marks 
of  their  footsteps  of  pollution  and  blood ! ! ! 

In  fact,  these  "Secret  Instructions  "  were 
not  discovered  fully  to  the  Christian  public 
until  some  fifty  years  after  the  dissolution  and 
expulsion  of  the  Society.  But  all  ranks  of 
men,  Papal  and  Protestant,  who  had  studied 


S2  HISTORICAL     SKETCH 

the  Jesuit  movements,  intrigues  and  conspira- 
cies, were  intimately  acquainted  with  their 
practices.  Hence,  when  the  book  of  "Secret 
.  Instructions  "  was  discovered,  and  publish- 
ed, every  body^at  once  saw  the  evidence  of  its 
authenticity.  They  had  been  long  familiar 
with  their  conspiracies,  and  practices.  Here 
was  the  exact  platform,  and  model  of  all  their 
actings.  They  who  had  felt  and  suffered  under 
their  atrocious  morals,  and  conspiracies  against 
the  cause  of  God,  and  the  rights  of  man,  could 
not  possibly  entertain  a  doubt  of  the  authenti- 
city of  these  Kules.  They  exactly  correspond- 
ed, as  does  the  model  on  paper,  formed  by  the 
architect's  hand,  correspond  with  the  finished 
house  1  It  was  in  vain  to  deny  these  "Rules 
and  Instructions,"  when  all  the  cunning  craft 
and  deed,  and  atrocities,  prescribed  by  these 
Rules  were  blazoned  in  the  memories  of  prin- 
ces, nobles,  ministers  and  people.  Before  they 
could  succeed  therefore,  in  denying  the  "Se- 
cret Instructions,"  it  behoved  them  to  raze, 
from  national  monuments,  and  national  records, 
and  all  the  details  of  history,  the  deeds  of  atro- 
city perpetrated  by  the  Jesuit  order  in  the  old 
and  new  world ! 

The  Jesuits  had  been  repeatedly  charged 
with  acting  on  Secret  Rules  which  no  eye 


OFTHKJESUIT8.  23 

was  allowed  to  see,  nor  ear  to  hear.  The  Uni- 
versity of  Paris,  so  far  back  as  1624,  charged 
it  on  them  "  that  they  were  governed  by  '  Se- 
cret Laws,'  "  neither  allowed  by  kings,  nor 
sanctioned  by  parliaments.  And  in  the  His- 
tory of  iJie  Jesuits^  vol.  i.  p.  326,  &c.  we  find  in 
a  letter  from  the  Roman  Catholic  bishop  of  An- 
gelopolis,  the  following: — "The  superiors  of 
the  Jesuits  do  not  govern  them  by  the  Rules  of 
the  Church,  but  by  certain  '  Secret  Instruc- 
tioinTS  and  Rules,'  which  are  known  only  to 
those  superiors."  See  the  edition  of  the  Let- 
ter, published  at  Cologne  in  1666. 

In  the  gradations  of  the  order  there  were 
some,  as  we  have  already  noticed,  who  were 
not  let  into  the  knowledge  of  their  hidden 
rules.  But  there  were  others  who,  though 
admitted  into  these  hidden  rules,  were  not  ini- 
tiated into  the  most  secret  reojulations.  Durine 
the  civil  prosecutions  in  France,  brought  against 
the  Jesuits  by  the  French  merchants  to  recover 
from  the  Society  the  monies  lost  to  them  by 
the  Jesuits'  mercantile  missionaries  in  Marti- 
nico,  the  fathers  at  the  head  of  the  Society 
were  constrained  to  bring  their  books  into 
court.  This  was  a  most  unfortunate  matter  for 
them.  Their  "  Constitutions  "  were  now 
made  public.    The  nation  became  indignant  at 


24  HISTORICAL     SKETCH 

the  whole  sect.     The  parliament  issued  their 
decree?   dissolved  them,  and  banished  them. 

But  this  was  not  the  worst.  The  contents 
of  this  little  volume,  of  which  we  present  a  new 
edition  to  our  readers,  called  "  Secreta  Moni- 
TA, — The  Secret  Instructions  of  the  Je- 
suits," was  not  discovered  until  about  fifty 
years  after  this  dissolution  of  the  sect  in  France. 
These  were  said  to  be  drawn  up  by  Laignez, 
and  Aquaviva,  the  two  immediate  successors 
of  Loyola,  the  founder. 

When  these  were  first  published,  the  Jesuits 
were  at  first  overwhelmed  with  fear.  But  they 
immediately  affected  to  be  much  offended  that 
such  rules  should  be  ascribed  to  them.  They 
publicly  denied  them.  This  of  course  was  ex- 
pected. Every  criminal  pleads  "not  guilty." 
But  their  authenticity  is  not  for  a  moment 
doubted  among  all  scholars,  both  Papal  and 
Protestant. 

There  is  a  work  in  the  British  Museum  en- 
titled ^'^  Formulce  Provisionum  diversaruvi  a  G. 
Passarello,  summo  studio  in  unum  coUect(B"  &c. 
and  printed  at  Venice  in  1596.  At  the  end  of 
this  book  "The  Secret  Instructions  "  are 
found  in  Manuscript ;  entered  there  no  doubt 
by  some  leading  and  fully  initiated  Jesuit  for 
his  own  \ise.     And  at  the  close,  there  is  an 


OFTHEJE8UITS.  25 

earnest  "  caution,  and  an  injunction."  The  cau- 
tion is  that  these  "Instructions  "  be  commu- 
nicated with  the  utmost  care  only  to  a  very  few 
and  those  the  well  tried.  And  the  injunction 
is  characteristic.  "Let  them  be  denied  to  be 
the  Rules  of  the  Society  of  Jesus,  if  ever  they 
shall  be  imputed  to  us." 

The  first  copy  of  "  The  Secret  Instruc- 
tions "  was  discovered  in  the  Jesuits'  College 
at  Paderborn,  Westphalia ;  and  a  second  copy 
in  the  city  of  Prague.  In  the  preface  to  these 
is  found  the  same  injunction  as  that  above: — 
"  If  these  Rules  fall  into  the  hands  of  strangers, 
they  must  be  positively  denied  to  be  the  Rules 
of  the  Society."* 

The  discovery  of  the  copy  at  Paderborn 
was  in  this  wise,  as  appears  from  the  preface 
to  the  English  copy,  published  in  1658.  When 
Christian,  the  Duke  of  BrunsAvick,  took  Pader- 
born, he  seized  upon  the  Jesuit  College  there, 
and  gave  their  library,  together  with  all  their 
collections  of  manuscripts  to  the  Capuchins.  In 
examining  these,  they  discovered  "The  Se- 
cret Instructions  "  among  the  archives  of 
the  Rector.  And  they  being,  as  were  also  the 
other  monkish  orders,  no  friends  to  the  Jesuits, 
brought  them  before  the  public. 

*  S€«  Loudou  Christian  Obaerrer,  voL  14,  p.  169. 

3 


26  HISTORICAL     SKETCH 

Mr.  McGaviii,  in  tlie  Glasgow  Protestant,* 
has  given  ,us  this  information  of  another  copy. 
"  John  Schipper,  a  bookseller  of  Amsterdam, 
bought  a  copy  of  The  Secret  Instructions  " 
at  Antwerp,  among  other  books;  and  after- 
wards reprinted  it.     The  Jesuits  being  inform- 
ed that  he  had  bought  the  book,  demanded  it 
back  from  him.    But  he  had  sent  it  to  Holland. 
One  of  the  Society,  who  lived  in  Amsterdam, 
hearing  it  said  by  a  Catholic  bookseller  named 
Yan  Eyk,  that  Schipper  was  printing  a  book 
which  concerned  the  Jesuits,  replied  that  if  it 
was  only  The  Rules  of  the  Societr/  he  would  be 
under  no  concern..   Being  told  it  was  The 
Secret  Instructions  of  the  Society,  the 
good  father   shrugged  up  his  shoulders,  and 
knitting  his  brow,  said,  that  "he  saw  no  remedy 
but  denying  that  this  piece  came  from  the  So- 
ciety."   The  reverend  fathers,  however,  thought 
it  more  advisable  to  purchase  the  whole  edi- 
tion ;  which  they  soon  afterwards  did, — some 
few  copies  excepted.     From  one  of  these  was  it 
afterwards  re-printed,  with  the  account  prefix- 
ed :  which  is  said  to  be  taken  from  two  Eoman 
Ciitholic  men  of  credit." 

In  1669  the  venerable    and  learned    Dr. 
Compton,  Bishop  of  London,  published  an  Eng- 

*  Vol.  ii.  p.  227.    Hartford  edition. 


OFTHEJESUITS.  27 

HsIl  translation  of  The  Secret  Instructions. 
His  arguments  on  tlieir  anthenticity,  and  bis 
character  as  a  scholar  and  divine,  are  a  suffi- 
cient guarantee  that  he  would  never  have  given 
his  name  and  influence  to  sustain  a  work  of 
dubious  authority ;  or  calculated  to  mislead 
the  public. 

"We  have  only  to  add  that  the  last  Ameri- 
can edition,  published  at  Princeton ;  and  this 
one  which  we  publish,  are  taken  from  that 
translation  which  was  published  in  London  in 
1723,  and  dedicated  to  Sir  Eobert  "Walpole, 
who  was  afterwards  Lord  Orford ;  and  who 
had  the  high  honor  of  being  prime  minister  of 
George  I.  and  of  George  11. 

W.  C.  B. 


PR^FATIO. 


Privata  haec  monita  custodiant  diligenter  et 
penes  se  servent  superiores,  paucisque  ex  professis 
ea  tantum  communicent,  et  aliqua  de  iis  instruant 
non"  professes,  quaiido  nimirum  et  quanto  cum 
fructu  societati  usui  sit ;  illaque  non  nisi  sub  sigillo 
silentii  ne  quidem  ut  scripta  ab  altero,  sed  ex  pe- 
culiari  experientia  desumpta :  et  quia  multi  ex  pro- 
fessis horum  secretorum  sunt  conscii,  idee  vel  ab 
initio  cavit  societas,  ne  ullus  conscius  horum  posset 
ad  alias  religiones  se  conferre,  excepta  carthusiano- 
rum,  ob  perpetuam  vitse  abstractionem,  et  inde- 
lebile  silentium;  quod  etiam  Sacra  Sedes  con- 
firmavit. 


Cavendum    omnino  ne   in  manus   externorum 
haec  monita  deveniant,  quia  sinistre  interpretaren- 


PEEFACE. 


These  Private  Instructions  must  be  careful- 
ly retained  and  kept  by  the  superiors  in  their  own 
hands,  and  by  them  be  communicated  only  to  a 
few  of  the  professors  ;  and  when  it  shall  be  judged 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Society  to  divulge  some  of  them 
to  such  as  are  non-professors ;  but  even  these  must 
be  done  under  the  strictest  ties  of  secrecy,  and  not 
as  rules  committed  to  writing  by  others,  but  as 
deduced  from  the  experience  of  him  that  dictates. 
And  since  many  of  the  professors  must  necessarily 
from  hence  be  acquainted  with  these  private  ad- 
vices, the  Society  has,  therefore,  from  their  first 
establishment,  taken  care  that  no  one  who  is  in 
the  secret  can  betake  himself  to  any  other  order 
but  that  of  the  Carthusians  ;  and  this,  from  the  strict 
retirement  in  which  they  live,  and  the  inviolable 
silence  they  are  compelled  to;  which  the  holy  see 
has  been  pleased  to  confirm. 

The  greatest  care  imaginable  must  be  also 
taken  that    these    instructions    do    not    fall    into 

3* 


30  PR^FATIO. 

tur,  destinationi  nostrae  invidentes  ;  quod  si  hoc 
accidat  (quod  absit !),  negentur  haec  esse  sensa  so- 
cietatis,  idque  per  illos  confirmando  e  nostris,  de 
quibus  certo  constat,  quod  ea  ignorent;  opponantur 
his  monitaque  nostra  generalia,  et  ordinationes  seu 
regulae  impressae  vel  scrip  tee. 


Superiores  etiam  semper  sollicite  et  caute  in- 
quirant,  an  alicui  externo,  a  nostris  haec  monita 
prodita  sint ;  nullus  etiam  haec  pro  se,  aut  pro 
alio  transcribet  aut  transcribi  permittet,  nisi  conscio 
Generali  vel  Provinciali ;  et  si  de  asservandis  tan- 
tis  secretis  societatis  de  aliquo  dubitetur,  in  con- 
trarium  illi  imputetur,  et  dimittatur. 


PREFACE.  31 

the  hands  of  strangers,  for  fear,  out  of  envy  to 
our  order,  they  should  give  them  a  sinister  in- 
terpretation; but  if  this,  (which  God  forbid  !)  should 
happen,  let  it  be  positively  denied  that  these  are 
the  principles  of  the  Society,  and  such  denial  be 
confirmed  by  those  of  our  members  who  we  are 
sure  know  nothing  of  them ;  by  this  means,  and  by 
confronting  these  with  our  Public  Instructions,  print- 
ed or  written,  our  credibility  will  be  established  be- 
yond opposition. 

Let  the  superiors  also  carefully  and  warily  in- 
quire whether  discovery  has  been  made  of  these  In- 
structions by  any  of  our  members  to  strangers;  and 
let  none  transcribe,  or  suffer  them  to  be  transcribed 
either  for  himself  or  others,  without  the  consent  of 
the  general  or  provincial.  And  if  any  one  be  suspect- 
ed of  incapacity  to  keep  such  important  secret?,  ac- 
quaint him  not  of  your  suspicion,  but  dismiss  him. 


SECKETA  MONITA 


SOCIETATIS   JESU. 


^  CAPUT    I. 

Qualem  societas  prcestare  sese  defeat,  cum  incipit  de 
novo  alicKJus  loci  fundationem. 

1.  Ut  se  gratam  reddat  incolis  loci,  multum 
conducet  explicatio  finis  societatis  prasscripti  in  re- 
culis,  ubi  dicitur  societatem  summo  conatu  in  sa- 
lutem  proximi  incumbere,  eeque  atque  in  suam. 
Quare  hiimilia  obsequia  obeunda  in  Xenodochiis, 
pauperes  et  afflicti,  et  incarcerati  invisendi,  con- 
fession es  prompts  et  generatim  excipiendae,  ut  in- 
solita  in  omnes  charitatej^,  et  rei  novitate  eminen- 
tiores  incolae  nostros  admirentur  et  ament. 


2.  Memiuerint  omnes  facultatem  ad  exercenda 


THE 

SECRET     INSTRUCTIONS 

OF 

THE    JESUITS. 


/-I 


HAPTER    I 


How  the  Society  must  behave  themselues  2vhen  they 
begin  any  new  foundation. 

I.  It  will  be  of  great  importance  for  the  render- 
ing our  members  agreeable  to  the  inhabitants  of  the 
place  where  they  design  their  settlement,  to  set  forth 
the  end  of  the  Society  in  the  manner  prescribed  by 
our  statutes,  which  lay  down,  that  the  society  ought 
as  diligently  to  seek  occasions  of  doing  good  to  their 
neighbors  as  to  themselves ;  wherefore^  let  them 
with  humility  discharge  the  meanest  offices  in  the 
hospitals;  frequently  visit  the  sick,  the  poor,  and  the 
prisoners,  and  readily  and  indifferently  take  the  con- 
fessions of  all,  that  the  novelty  of  such  uncommon 
and  diffusive  charity  may  excite  in  the  principal  in- 
habitants an  admiration  of  our  conduct,  and  forcibly 
draw  them  into  an  affection  for  us. 

II.  Let  it  be  remembered  by  all,  that  the  privi. 


34  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

societatis  ministerla  modeste  ac  religiose  peten- 
dam  ;  et  omnes  turn  ecclesiasticos  praesertim  turn 
sseculares  quorum  auctoritate  indigemus,  benevolos 
sibi  facere  studeant. 

3.  Ad  loca  distantia  etiam  eundum,  ubi  elemo 
synss,  quantumvis  parvas  recipiendse,  exposita  ne- 
cessitate nostrorum ;    eadem   deinde   dandse   aliis 
pauperibus,  ut  sic  sedificentur  ii,  qui  nondum  socle- 
tatem  noverunt,  et  sint  in  nos  tanto  liberiores. 


4.  Omnes  eundem  videantur  spirare  spiritum, 
ideoque  eumdem  modum  exteriorem  addiscant,  ut 
uiiiformitas  in  tantS,  diversitate  personarum  unum- 
quemque  sedificet,  qui  secus  fecerint,  tanquam  no- 
cui,  dimittantur. 

5.  Caveant  nostri  emere  fundos  in  initio ;  sed 
si  quos  emerint  nobis  bene  sitos,  fiat  hoc  mutate 
nomine  aliquorum  amicorum  fidelium  et  secreto- 
rum  ;  et  ut  melius  luceat  paupertas  nostra,  bona 
qu83  sunt  vicina  locis,  in  quibus  collegia  habeamus, 
per  provincialem  assignentur  collegiis  remotis,  quo 
fiet  ut  nunquam  principes  vel  magistratus  habeant 
certam  notitiam  redituum  societatis. 


OF   THE    JESUIT3.  35 

lege  to  exercise  the  ministry  of  this  Society,  must 
be  requested  in  a  modest  and  religious  manner,  and 
that  they  must  use  their  best  endeavors  to  gain 
chiefly  the  favor  of  such  ecclesiastics'  and  secular 
persons  of  whose  authority  they  may  stand  in  need. 

III.  Let  them  also  remember  to  visit  distant 
places,  where,  haying  demonstrated  the  necessities 
of  the  Society,  they  shall  readily  receive  the  most 
inconsiderable  alms,  which  afterwards  being  bestow- 
ed on  other  objects,  may  edify  those  which  are  as 
yet  unacquainted  with  our  Society,  and  stir  them  up 
to  a  greater  liberality  to  us. 

IV.  Let  all  seem  as  though  they  breathed  the 
same  spirit,  and  consequently  learn  the  same  exterior 
behavior,  that  by  such  an  uniformity  in  so  great  a 
diversity  of  men,  all  may  be  edified.  But  if  any 
obstinately  persist  in  a  contrary,  deportment,  let 
them  be  immediately  dismissed,  as  dangerous  per- 
sons, and  hurtful  to  the  Society. 

V.  At  their  first  settlement,  let  our  members  be 
cautious  of  purchasing  lands;  but  if  they  happen  to 
buy  such  as  are  well  situated,  let  this  be  done  in 
the  name  of  some  faithful  and  trusty  friend.  And 
that  our  poverty  may  have  the  more  colorable  gloss 
of  reality,  let  the  purchases,  adjacent  to  the  places 
wherein  our  colleges  are  founded,  be  assigned  by  the 
provincial  to  colleges  at  a  distance  ;  by  which  means 
it  will  be  impossible  that  princes  and  magistratoa 


36  BECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 


6.  Non  dlvertant  nostri  cum  intention  e  resi- 
dendi  per  modum  collegii  nisi  ad  urbes  opulentas ; 
finis  euini  societatis  est  imitare  Christum  salvato- 
rern  nostrum,  qui  Hierosolymis  maxime  moraba- 
tur,  alia  autem  loca  minus  prsecipua  tantum  per- 
transibat. 

7.  Summum  pretium  a  viduis  semper  extor- 
quendum,  inculcatS.  illis  summa  nostra  necessitate. 

8.  In  unaquaque  provincia,  nemo  nisi  provin- 
cialis  noverit  praecise  valorem  redituum.  Sacrum 
autena  esto  quantum  corbona  romana  contineat. 

9.  Concionentur  nostri,  et  ubique  in  colloquiis 
propalent,  se  adpuerorum  instructionem  et  populi 
subsidium  venisse,  ac  omnia  gratis,  et  sine  perso- 
narum  acceptione  prsestare,  nee  esse  in  gravamen 
communitatis,  ut  c^teri  ordines  rellgiosi. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.    *  37" 

can  ever  attain  to  a  certain  knowledge  what  the  re- 
venues of  the  Society  amount  to. 

VI.  Let  no  places  .be  pitched  upon  by  any  of 
our  members  for  founding  a  college  but  opulent  ci- 
ties ;  the  end  of  the  Society  being  the  imitation  of 
our  blessed  Saviour,  who  made  his  principal  resi 
dence  in  the  metropolis  of  Jv.dea,  and  only  tran- 
siently visited  the  less  remarkable  places. 

VII.  Let  the  greatest  sums  be  always  extorted 
from  widows,  by  frequent  remonstrances  of  our  ex- 
treme necessities. 

VIII.  In  every  province,  let  none  but  the  prin- 
cipal be  fully  apprised  of  the  real  value  of  our  reve- 
nues ;  and  let  what  is  contained  in  the  treasury  of 
Home  be  always  kept  as  an  inviolable  secret. 

IX.  Let  it  be  publicly  demonstrated,  and  every- 
where  declared  by  our  members  in  their  private 
conversation,  that  the  only  end  of  their  coming  there 
was  for  the  instruction  of  youth,  and  the  good  and 
welfare  of  the  inhabitants  ;  that  they  do  all  this  with- 
out the  least  view  of  reward,  or  respect  of  persons, 
and  that  they  are  not  an  incumbrance  upon  the 
people,  as  other  religious  societies  are. 


38  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

CAPUT  II. 

^jiomodo  principum,  magnatum  et  primariorum 
PP.  socieiatis  familiar itatem  acquirent  et  coiiser- 
vabunt. 

1.  Conatus  omnis  ad  hoc  in  primis  adhibendus, 
at  principum  et  primariorum  ubique  locorum 
aures  et  animos  obtineamus  ne  sit  qui  in  nos  au- 
deat  insurgere,  qiiinimo  omnes  cogantur  a  nobis 
dependere. 

2.  Cum  autem  experientia  doceat  principes  et 
magnates  turn  prsesertim  affici  personis  ecclesiasti 
CIS,  quando  odiosa  eorum  facta  dissimulant,  sed  in 
meliorem  potius  partem  ea  interpretantur,  ut  vi- 
dere  est  in  matrimoniis  contrahendis  cum  affinibus, 
aut  consanguineis  aut  similibus,  animandi  sunt  qui 
hsec  aut  similia  affectant,  spe  facta  per  nostros 
istiusmodi  dispensationes  facile  a  summo  Pontifice 
irapetrandi,  quod  faciet  si  explicentur  rationes, 
proferantur  exempla,  et  recitentur  sententise  favo- 
rabiles  titulo  communis  boni,  et  majoris  glorise 
Dei,  quae  est  scopus  societatis. 


OF   THE    JESUITS.  39 

CHAPTER  II. 

In  what  manner  the  Society  must  deport,  that  they 
may  worh  themselves  into,  and  after  that  preserve 
a  familiarity  with  princes,  noblemen,  and  persons 
of  the  greatest  distinction. 

I.  Princes,  and  persons  of  distinction  every 
where,  must  by  all  means  be  so  managed  that  we 
may  have  their  ear,  and  that  will  easily  secure  their 
hearts  :  by  which  way  of  proceeding,  all  persons  will 
become  our  creatures,  and  no  one  will  dare  to  give 
the  Society  the  least  disquiet  or  opposition. 

II.  That  ecclesiastical  persons  gain  a  great  foot, 
ing  in  the  favor  of  princes  and  noblemen,  by  wink- 
ing at  their  vices,  and  putting  a  favorable  construc- 
tion on  whatever  they  do  amiss,  experience  con- 
vinces;  and  this  we  may  observe  in  their  contract- 
ing  of  marriages  with  their  near  relations  and  kin- 
dred, or  the  like.  It  must  be  our  business  to  en- 
courage such,  whose  inclination  lies  this  way,  by 
leading  them  up  in  hopes,  that  through  our  assis- 
tance they  may  easily  obtain  a  dispensation  from 
the  Pope;  and  no  doubt  he  will  readily  grant  it,  if 
proper  reason  be  urged,  parallel  cases  produced, 
and  opinions  quoted  which  countenance  such  actions, 
when  the  common  good  of  mankind,  and  the  greater 
advancement  of  God's  glory,  which  are  the  only  end 
and  design  of  the  society,  are  pretended  to  be  the 
sole  motives  to  them. 


<0  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

8.  Idem  faciendum  si  princeps  aggreditur  ali- 
quid  faciendum  non  ssqae  magnatibus  omnibus 
gratum.  Permovendus,  nempe,  animus  ei,  et  in- 
stigandus,  casterorum  vero  animi  commovendi  ad 
hoc  ut  principi  sese  accomodent,  neque  contradi- 
cant ;  in  genere  tamen  tantum,  nee  unquam  ad 
particularia  descendendo,  ne  societati  imputetur, 
si  male  negotium  successerit ;  et  si  quidem  hoc 
aliquando  factum  reprobetur,  recitentur  monita 
contraria  hsec  plane  prohibentia,  et  adhibeatur 
auctoritas  aliquorum  patrum,  de  quibus  constat 
quod  hasc  ipsa  monita  illos  lateant,  qui  etiam  cum 
juramento  asserere  poterunt  societatum,  quoad  h^ec 
quas  illi  improperantur,  calumniam  pati. 

4.  Juvabit  etiam  non  parum  ad  occupandos 
principum  animos,  si,  nostri  dextre  et  per  tertias 
personas  insinuent  se  ad  legationes  honor! ficas  et 
favorabiles  ad  alios  principes  aut  reges  pro  illis 
obeundas,  prsesertim  apud  pontificem  et  supremos 
monarchas  ;  hac  enim  occasione  sese  et  societatem 
commendare  poterunt,  quare  non  nisi  zelosi  valde 
et  versati  in  instituto  nostro  eo  erunt  destinandi. 


5.  Alumni   principum  et  domestici    praecipue. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  41 

III.  The  same  must  be  observed  when  the  prince 
happens  to  engage  in  any  enterprise  which  is  not 
equally  approved  by  all  his  nobility;  for  in  such 
cases  he  must  be  edged  on  and  excited ;  whilst 
they,  on  the  other  hand,  must  be  dissuaded  from 
opposing  him,  and  advised  to  acquiesce  in  all  his 
proposals.  But  this  must  be  done  only  in  generals^ 
always  avoiding  particulars ;  lest,  upon  the  ill  suc- 
cess of  the  affair,  the  miscarriage  be  thrown  upon 
the  Society.  And  should  ever  the  action  be  called 
in  question,  care  must  be  taken  to  have  instructions 
always  ready,  plainly  forbidding  it;  and  these  also 
must  be  backed  with  the  authority  of  some  senior 
members,  who  being  wholly  ignorant  of  the  matter, 
must  attest,  upon  oath,  that  such  groundless  insinua- 
tions are  a  malicious  and  base  imputation  on  the 
Society. 

IV.  It  will  also  very  much  further  us  in  gaining 
the  favor  of  princes,  if  our  members  artfully  worm 
themselves,  by  the  interest  of  others,  into  honorable 
embassies  to  foreign  courts  in  their  behalf;  but  es- 
pecially to  the  Pope  and  great  monarchs;  for  by 
such  opportunities  they  will  be  in  a  capacity  both 
to  recommend  themselves  and  their  society.  To 
this  end  therefore  let  none  but  thorough  zealots  for 
our  interest,  and  persons  well  versed  in  the  schemes 
and  institution  of  the  Society,  be  ever  pitched  upon 
for  such  purposes. 

V.  Above  all.  due  care  must  be  taken  to  curry 

4* 


42  SECRET    rNSTRUCTIONS 

quibiis  familiariter  utuntur,  per  munuscula  praecipue 
et  varia  pietatis  officia  vincendi  sunt,  ut  tandem 
nostros  fideliter  de  humoribus  et  inclinationibus 
principum  ac  magnatum  instruant ;  et  sic  facile 
illis  societas  sese  accomodabit. 


6.  Experientia  etiam  docuit  in  domo  austriA., 
aliisque  regnis  Gallise,  Poloniae,  etc.,  cseterisque 
ducatibus,  quantum  societas  sese  juverit  tractandis 
matrimoniis  inter  principes.  Quare  prudenter  pro- 
ponantur  exquisiti  conjuges,  qui  cum  parentibus  vel 
amicis  nostrorum  sunt  amici  vel  famiiiares. 

7.  Feminse  principes  per  domesticas,  potissi- 
mum  quae  a  cubiculis  sunt,  facillime  vincentur; 
quare  illse  omnibus  modis  foveantur,  sic  enim  ad 
omnia,  etiam  secretissima,  in  familia  aditus  patebit. 

8.  In  conscientiis  magnatum  regendis  sequentur 
nostri  confessorii,  sententiam  illorum  auctorum  qui 
liberiorem  conscientiam  faciunt  contra  opinionem 
aliorum  religiosorum,  ut,  relictis  illis,  a  nostrci  di- 
rectione  et  consiliis  toti  velint  dependere. 

9.  Tam  principes  quara  praelati  aliique  omnes 
oui    societati    favorem   extraordinarium    praestaro 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  43 

favor  with  the  minions  and  domestics  of  prince?  and 
noblemen ;  whom  by  small  presents,  and  many 
offices  of  piety,  we  may  so  far  byass,  (bias,)  as  by 
means  of  them  to  get  a  faithful  intelligence  of  the 
bent  of  their  master's  humors  and  inclinations;  thus 
will  the  Society  be  better  qualified  to  chime  in  with 
their  tempers. 

Vr.  How  much  the  Society  has  benefited  from 
their  engagements  in  marriage  treaties,  the  house  of 
Austria  and  Bourbon  ;  Poland  and  other  kingdoms, 
are  experimental  evidences.  Wherefore  let  such 
matches  be  with  prudence  picked  out,  whose  parents 
are  our  friends,  and  firmly  attached  to  our  interests. 

VII.  Princesses  and  ladies  of  quality  are  easily 
to  be  gained  by  the  influence  of  the  woman  of  their 
bed-chamber ;  for  which  reason  we  must  by  all 
means  pay  particular  address  to  these,  for  thereby 
there  will  be  no  secrets  in  the  family  but  what  we 
shall  have  fully  disclosed  to  us. 

VIII.  In  directing  the  consciences  of  great  men, 
it  must  be  observed  that  our  confessors  are  to  fol- 
low the  opinion  of  those  Avho  allow  the  greater  lati- 

'tude,  in  opposition  to  that  of  other  religious  orders; 
that,  their  penitents  being  allured  with  the  prospect 
of  such  freedom,  may  readily  relinquish  them,  and 
wholly  depend  upon  our  direction  and  counsel. 

IX.  Princes,  prelates,  and  all  others  who  are 
capable  of  being  signally  serviceable  to  the  order 


44  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

possunt,  parfcjcipes  faciendi  sunt  omnium  merito- 
rum  societatis,  exposito  illis  momento  hujus  summi 

privilegii. 

10.  Insinuandoe  etiam  caute  et  prudenter  facul- 
tates  amplissimae  societatis  absolvendi  etiam  a  casi- 
bus  reservatis  respectu  aliorum  pastorum  aufe 
religiosorum.  item  dispensandi  in  jejuniis,  debito 
reddendo,  aut  petendo,  matrimonii  impedimentis, 
aliisque  notis,  in  quo  fiet  ut  plurimi  ad  nos  recur- 
rant  et  obstringantur. 


11.  Invitandi  ad  condones,  sodalitates,  oratio- 
nes,  actiones,  declamationes,  etc.,  in  quibus  carmi- 
nibus,  inscriptis  thesibus  honorandi,  turn,  si  expedit, 
in  triclinio  mensa,  excipiendi,  variisque  et  dictis 
salutandi. 

12.  Inimicitice  et  dessentiones  inter  magnates 
ad  nos  distrahendas  erunt  ut  componantur,  sic  enim 
in  notitiam  farailiarium  et  secretorum  paulalim 
poterimus  de venire,  et  alterutram  partem  nobis 
devincere. 

13.  Quod  si  monarcboe  ve]  principi  serviat 
aliquis  societati  parum  addictus,  invigilaudum  ut 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  45 

must  be  favored  so  far  as  to  be  made  partakers  of 
all   the  merits  of  the  Society,  after  a  proper  infor- 
matioii  of  the  high  importance  of  so  great  a  privilege. 

X.  Let  these  notions  be  cautiously  and  with 
cunning  instilled  into  the  people,  that  this  Society 
is  entrusted  with  a  far  greater  power  of  absolving, 
even  in  the  nicest  cases;  of  dispensing  with  fasts; 
with  paying  and  demanding  of  debts;  with  impedi- 
ments of  matrimony,  and  other  common  matters, 
than  any  other  religions  order  :  which  insinuations 
will  be  of  such  consequence,  that  many  of  necessity 
must  have  recourse  to  ns,  and  thereby  lay  them- 
selves under  the  strictest  obligations. 

XL  It  will  be  very  proper  to  give  invitations  to 
such  to  attend  our  sermons  and  fellowships,  to  hear 
our  orations  and  declamations,  as  also  to  compli- 
ment them  with  verses  and  theses  ;  to  address  theni 
in  a  genteel  and  complaisant  manner*,  and  at  proper 
opportunities  to  give  them  handsome  entertainments. 

XII.  Let  proper  methods  be  used  to  get  knov\^- 
ledge  of  the  animosities  that  arise  among  great 
men,  that  we  may  have  a  finger  in  reconciling  their 
differences;  for  by  this  means  we  shall  gradually 
become  acquainted  with  their  friends  and  secret  af- 
fairs, and  of  necessity  engage  one  of  the  parties  in 
our  interests. 

XIII.  But  should  discovery  happen  to  be  made, 
that  any  person  serves  either  king  or  prince,  who  is 


46  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

sive  per  nostros,  sive  potius  per  alios  ille  in  ami- 
citiam  ac  familiaritatem  societatis  inducatur,  pro- 
nilssis  fiivoribus  ac  promotionibiis  per  principem 
aut  monarcham  suum  procuraiidis. 


14.  Caveant  omnes  qiiacunque  ratione  dimissos 
a  societate,  et  prassertim  illos  qui  sua  sponte  ab  ea 
d'scedere  voluerunt,  apud  qiiemquam  commendare, 
aut  promoverc;  quia  quantumcuuque  illi  dissimu- 
leut,  semper  tamen  irreconciliabile  odium  adversus 
societatem  gerunt. 

15.  Deiiique  ita  omnes  solliciti  sint,  principe's, 
ni  agnates,  et  magi  stratus  cuj  usque  loci  conciliare, 
ut  etiam  contra  consanguineos,  et  affines,  et  amicos 
cuos,  pro  illis,  quando  occasio  sese  obtulerit,  strenuo 
fideliterque  agant. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  47 

not  well-affected  towards  our  Society,  no  stone  must 
be  left  unturned  by  our  members,  or  which  is  more 
proper,  some  other,  to  induce  him  by  promises,  fa- 
vors and  preferments,  which  must  be  procured  for 
him  under  his  king  or  prince,  to  entertain  a  friend- 
ship for  and  familiarity  with  us. 

.XIV.  Let  all  be  very  cautious  of  recommend- 
ing or  prefering  such  as  have  been  any  way  dis. 
missed  from  the  Socbty,  but  especially  those  who 
of  their  own  accord  have  departed  from  it;  for  let 
them  disguise  it  ever  so  cunningly,  nevertheless 
they  always  retain  an  implacable  hatred  against 
our  order. 

XV.  Finally, — Let  all  with  such  artfilness  gain 
the  ascendant  over  princes,  noblemen,  and  the  ma- 
gistrates of  every  place,  that  they  may  be  ready  at 
our  beck,  even  to  sacrifice  their  nearest  relations 
and  m_ost  intimate  friends,  when  we  say  it  is  for  out 
interest  and  advantage. 


48  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS     . 

CAPUT  III. 

Quomodo  agendum  societati  cum  illis  qui  magncB 
sunt  aucioi'itaiis  in  republicd,  et  quamvis  divites 
non  sint,  aliis  iamen  modis  juvare  possuni. 

1.  Prseter  supradicta,  quae  fere  omnia  propor- 
tionaliter  illis  applicari  possunt,  curanda  est  gratia 
illorum  adversus  adversaries  nostros. 

2.  Utendum-  etiam  auctoritate,  prudenti^,  et 
consilio  eorum,  ad  contemptionem  bonorum  et 
acquisitionem  variorum  munerum  a  societate  ob- 
eundorum  ;  adhibito  etiam  tacite  et  plene  secreto 
illorum  nomine,  in  augmentatione  bonorum  tempo* 
ralium,  si  satis  illis  putetur  confidendum. 

3.  Adhibendl  etiam  ut  mitigent  et  compescant 
homines  viliores,  et  plebem  societati  nostrse  con- 
trariam. 

4.  Ab  episcopis,  prcelatis  et  aliis  superioribus 
ecclesiasticis,  pro  diversitate  rationum  et  propen- 
sione  in  nos  ea  exigenda  quae  fuerint  opportuna. 


Of    THE    JESUITS.  4*' 

CHAPTER  III. 

How  the  Society  must  behave  themselves  towards  ihose 
who  are  at  the  helm  of  affairs^  and  others  who^ 
although  they  be  not  rich,  are  notwithstanding  in 
a,  capacity  of  being  otherwise  serviceable. 

[.  All  that  has  been  before  mentioned,  niay,  in 
a  great  measure,  be  applied  to  these  ;  and  we  must 
also  be  industrious  to  procure  their  flivor  against 
every  one  that  opposes  us. 

II.  Their  authority  and  wisdom  must  be  court- 
ed, for  obtainino;  several  offices  to  be  discharojed  bv 
us;  we  must  also  make  a  handle  of  their  advice 
v/ith  respect  to  the  contempt  of  riches ;  though  at  the 
same  time,  if  their  secrecy  and  faith  may  be  depend- 
ed on,  we  may  privately  make  use  of  their  names 
in  amassing  temporal  goods  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Society.  ^ 

III.  They  must  be  also  employed  in  calming  the 
minds  of  the  meaner  sort  of  people,  and  in  wheed- 
ling the  aversions  of  the  populace  into  an  affection 
for  our  Society. 

IV.  As  to  bishops,  prelates,  and  other  supe 
rior  ecclesiastics,  they  must  be  importuned  for  such 
things  only  as  shall  appear  necessary  ;  and  even  for 
these,  with  a  proper  regard  to  the  diversity  of  our 
occasions,  and  the  tendency  of  their  inclinations  to 
serve  us. 

5 


50  SECRET   INSTRUCTIONS 

5.  In  quibusdam  partibus  satis  erit,  si  procure- 
tur  ut  preelati  et  parochi  efficiant  quod  subditi  illo- 
rum   societatem  revereantur,  et  ipsi  ministeria  no- 
stra non  impediant,  in  aliis  locis  ubi  plus  possunt, 
ut  in  Germania,  Polonia,  etc.  sacrosancte  colendi, 
ut  auctoritate  illorum  et   principum,  monasteria, 
parochise,  proeposituras,  patronatus,  altarium  funda- 
tiones,    loca    pia   fundata  ad   nos   divelli  possint; 
facillime   enim  ea  assequi  poterimus  in  locis  ubi 
catholici   haereticis  et   schismaticis    permixti  sunt. 
Demonstrandum    ejusmodi    prselatis,    immensum 
fructum  et  meritum  ex  talibus  mutationibus  oriun- 
dum,  a  sacerdotibus,  ssecularibus,  et  monachis  non 
expectandum  ;  quod  si  fecerint,   laudandus  palam 
illorum  zelus,  etiam  scripto,  inculcandaque  memoria 
facti  perpetua. 


6.  Conandum  eo  fine  ut  pr.Ttlati  tales  nostris 
turn  a  confessionibus.  turn  a  consiliis  utantur  et  si 
quidem  in  spe  sint,  aut  praetentione,  ad  alteriores 
gradus  in  curii  romana,  juvandi  omni  contentione, 
ac  conatu  amicorum,  ubicunque  ad  hoc  conferre 
vaientium. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  ^  51 

V.  Ill  some  places  it  will  be  sufficient  if  we  can 
prevail  witli  the  prelates  and  curates,  to  cause  those 
under  them  only  to  bear  a  reverence  to  our  order, 
and  that  they  themselves  will  be  no  hindrance  to  us 
in  the  discharge  of  our  ministry.  In  others,  where 
the  clergy  are  more  predominant,  as  in  Germany^ 
Poland^  &LC.  They  must  be  addressed  with  the  pro- 
foundest  respect,  that  by  their  and  the  prince's  au 
thority,  monasteries,  parishes,  priories,  patronages, 
foundations  of  masses,  and  religious  places,  may  be 
drawn  into  our  clutches  ;  and  this  is  no  hard  matter 
to  be  obtained  in  those  places  where  catholics  are  in- 
termixed with  heretics  and  schismatics.  And  for 
the  better  effecting  of  this,  it  will  be  of  great  impor- 
tance to  remonstrate  to  these  prelates  the  prodigious 
advantage  and  merit  there  will  be  in  changes  of  this 
sort,  which  can  hardly  be  expected  from  priests,  se- 
culars, and  monks.  But  should  they  be  prevailed 
upon,  their  zeal  must  then  be  rewarded  with  public 
commendations,  and  the  memory  of  the  action  trans 
mitted  in  writing  to  the  latest  posterity. 

VI.  In  prosecution  of  the  same  end,  we  must 
engage  such  prelates  to  make  use  of  us  both  for  con- 
fessors and  counsellors  ;  and  if  they  at  any  tim.e  aim 
at  higher  preferment  from  the  see  of  Rome^  their 
pretensions  must  be  backed  with  such  stronj^:  inte- 
rest of  our  friends  in  every  place,  as  we  shall  be  al- 
most sure  not  to  meet  with  a  disappointment. 


52  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

7.  Curent  etiam  nostri  apud  episcopos  et  prin 
cipes,  ut  dum  fundant  collegia  acecclesias  parochia 
les,  societas  habeat  potestatem  statuendi  vicarium 
habeutem  curam  animarum,  ipse  vero  superior  loci 
pro  tempore  existens  si  parochus,  et  sic  totum  regi 
men    ecclesia)   il]ius   erit   nostrum,    et    parochiani 
omnes  societati   plene  erunt  subjecti,  ut  quidvis  ab 
illis  impetretur. 


8.  Ubi  academici  sunt  nobis  repugnantes,  vel 
Catholici,  aut  hseretici  cives  fundationes  impedien- 
tes,  ibi  per  praslatos  conandum  et  primarise  cathe- 
drae concionatorice  occupentur ;  sic  enim  continget 
societatem  aliquando  saltern  necesitates  ac  rationes 
per  occasionem  saltern  exposituram. 

9.  Maxime  vero  pra^lati  ecclesios,  devinciendi 
erunt,  quando  agetur  de  beatificatione  aut  canoni- 
zatione  nostrorum,  et  tunc  omnibus  modis  a  mao-na- 
tibus  et  principibus  litterse  procurandse  erunt,  in 
quibus  apud  sedem  apostolicam  negotium  promo- 
veatur. 

10.  Si  contingat  prjBlatos  aut  magnates  legatio- 
nem  obire,  cavendum  sedulo  ac  prseveniendum  ne 
aliis  religiosis  qui   nobiscum  certant,  utantur;  ne 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  53 

VII.  Due  care  must  be  'also  taken  by  such  of 
our  Tnembers  who  have  intercourse  with  bishops 
and  princes,  that  the  society,  when  these  found  either 
colleges,  or  parochial  churches,  may  always  have  the 
power  of  presenting  vicars  for  the  cure  of  souls; 
and  that  the  superintendent  of  the  place  for  the  time 
being  be  appointed  curate,  to  the  end  we  may  grasp 
the  whole  government  of  the  church ;  and  its  parish- 
ioners by  that  means  become  such  vassals  to  us,  that 
we  can  ask  nothing  of  them  that  they  will  dare  to 
deny  us. 

VIII.  Wherever  the  governors  of  academies 
hamper  our  design,  or  the  catholics  or  heretics  op- 
pose us  in  our  foundations,  we  must  endeavor  by  the 
prelates  to  secure  the  principal  pulpits;  for  by  this 
means  the  society  at  least  may  some  time  or  other 
have  an  opportunity  of  remonstrating  their  wants, 
and  laying  open  their  necessities.   • 

IX.  The  prelates  of  the  church,  above  all  others, 
must  be  mightily  caressed  when  the  affair  of  canon- 
ization of  any  of  our  members  is  upon  the  foot ;  and 
at  such  a  time,  letters  by  all  means  must  be  pro- 
cured from  princes  and  noblemen,  by  whose  inte- 
rest the  matter  may  be  promoted  at  the  court  of 
Rome. 

X.  If  ever  it  happeli  that  prelates  or  noblemen 
are  employed  in  embassies,  all  caution  must  be  tak- 
en to  prevent  them  from  using  any  religious  or- 

5* 


54  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

affectum  in  illos  transYerant,  et  in  provincias  ac 
civitates  in  quibiis  nos  moramur,  inducant.  Quod 
si  hujusmodi  legati  transiverint  illas  provincias  vel 
civitates,  ubi  societas  collegia  habet,  excipiantur 
rnrvgno  honore  et  affectu  et  pro  modestia  religios^ 
tractentur. 


CAPUT    IV. 

Qiice    commendata  esse   deoeant   concionatoribus    et 
confessariis  magnatum. 

1.  Nostri,  principes  virosque  illustres  ita  diri- 
gant,  ut  solum  ad  majorem  Dei  gloriam  tendere 
videantur  et  ad  talem  austerit-atem  conscienti^, 
quam  ipsimet  principes  concedunt ;  neque  enim 
statim  sed  sensim  spectare  debet  directio  illorum 
externam  et  politicam  gubernationem. 

2.  Ideo  ssepe  illis  inculcandum  distributionem 
honorum  et  dignitatuin  in  republiia  spectare  ad 
justitiam,  graviterque  Deum  offendi  a  principibus, 
si  contra  earn  spectant,  et  ex  passione  procedunt. 
Frotcsteutur  saspe  ac  serio  se  nullo  modo  velle  in 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  5i> 

der  that  oppose  ours,  lest  tlieir  disaffection  to  us 
should  be  infused  into  their  masters,  and  they  pro- 
pagate it  among  the  provinces  and  cities  where  we 
reside.  And  if  ever  ambassadors  of  this  kind  pass 
through  provinces  or  cities  where  we  have  colleges, 
let  them  be  received  with  all  due  marks  of  honor 
and  esteem,  and  as  handsomely  entertained  as  re- 
ligious decency  can  possibly  admit  of. 


CHAPTER.  IV. 

The   chief  things   to  be   recommended  to  preachers 
and  confessors  of  noblemen. 

I.  Let  the  members  of  our  Society  direct  princes 
and  great  men  in  such  a  manner  that  they  may 
seem  to  have  nothing  else  in  view  but  the  promo- 
tion of  God's  glory  3  and  advise  them  to  no  other 
austerity  of  conscience  but  what  they  themselves 
are  willing  to  comply  with  ;  for  their  aim  must 
not,  immediately,  but  by  degrees  and  insensibly,  be 
directed  towards  political  and  secular  dominion. 

II.  We  must  therefore  often  inculcate  into  them, 
that  honors  and  preferments  in  the  state  should  al- 
ways be  conferred  according  to  the  rules  of  justice ; 
that  God  is  very  much  offended  at  princes,  when 
they  any  ways  derogate  from  this  principle  and  are 
hurried  away  by  the  impulse  of  their  passions.     In 


56  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

reipiiblicfe  adniinistrationem  ingerere,  sed  invitoa 
dicere,  ratione  oflicil  sui.  Turn  ubi  semel  bene 
hasc  apprehenderint,  explicetur  quibus  virtutibus 
prasditi  esse  debeant  qui  ad  dignitates  et  munia 
publica  ac  primaria  assumendl  sunt,  nominenturque 
tandem,  et  commendentur  ab  illis  qui  sunt  sinceri 
am'ici  societatis.  Hoc  tamen  non  fiet  immediate 
per  nostros,  nisi  princeps  ad  hoc  coegerit,  sed  plus 
gratia3  habebit,  si  interponantur  amici  vel  familia- 
res  principis. 


3.  Quo  circa  eonfessarii  et  conclonatores  nostri 
informentur  ab  amicis  nostris,  qui  pro  quovis  mu- 
nere  sunt  apti,  preesertim  tales  qui  erga  societatem 
liberales  sunt,  horum  nomina  apud  se  habeant,  et 
suo  tempore  cum  dexteritate,  sive  per  se,  sive  per 
alios,  principibus  insinuent. 

4:.  Meniinerint   summopere   eonfessarii  et  con 
cionatores,   principes   suaviter   et    blande    tractare, 
nullo   modo   in  concimonibus  et  privatis  coUoquiis 
perstringere,  omnes  pavores  ab  illis  removere,  et 
m  ipsa  fide,  justitia  politica  potissimum  adhortari. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  57 

the  next  place,  our  members  must  with  gravity- 
protest,  and  in  a  solemn  manner  affirm,  that  the 
administration  of  public  affairs  is  what  they  with 
reluctance  interfere  in  ;  and  that  the  duty  of  their 
office  obliges  them  often  to  speak  such  truths  as  they 
would  otherwise  omit.  When  this  point  is  once  gain- 
ed, care  must  be  taken  to  lay  before  them  the  several 
virtues  persons  should  be  furnished  with  who  are 
to  be  admitted  into  public  employs:  not  forget- 
ting slyly  to  recommend  to  them  such  as  are  sin- 
cere fiieuds  to  our  order :  but  this  must  be  done 
in  such  a  manner  as  not  immediately  to  come  from 
us,  (unless  the  princes  enjoin  it.)  for  it  may  be  ef- 
fected with  a  fir  better  grace  by  such  as  are  their 
farorites  and  familiars. 

III.  Wherefore  let  the  confessors  and  preachers 
belonging  to  our  order  be  informed  by  our  friends 
of  persons  proper  for  every  office,  and  above  all, 
of  such  as  are  our  benefactors;  and  whose  names 
let  them  carefully  keep  by  them,  that  when  proper 
opportunities  occur,  they  may  be  palmed  upon  the 
prince  by  the  dexterity  of  our  members  or  their 
agents. 

IV.  Let  the  confessors  and  preachers  always 
remember,  with  complaisance  and  a  winning  address, 
to  sooth  princes,  and  ne^er  give  them  the  least  of- 
fence in  their  sermons  or  private  conversations  ;  to 
dispossess  their  minds  of  all  imaginary  doubts  and 


68  BECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 


5.  Munuscula  parva  yIx  unquam  pro  privato 
usu  acceptant,  sed  commendent  necessitatem  com 
munem  provincie  aut  collegii  domi  cubiculo.  Sim- 
pliciter  instructo  gaudeant,  neque  curlose  nlmis  so 
vestiant,  et  ad  abjectiores  person  as,  quae  in  palatio 
sunt,  juvandas  d<i  consolandas  prompte  se  conferant, 
lie  solis  magnatibus  prassto  esse  videantur. 


6.  Quamprimum  post  mortem  officialium  curent 
ut  de  substituendis  amicis  societatis  mature  agant, 
et  suspicione  se  eximant  extorti  regiminis  ;  quare 
etiam,  uti  supradictum  est,  immediate  se  non  im- 
pendent, sed  amicos  fideles.  ac  potentes,  qui  susti- 
nere  invidiam  possunt,  si  quaeoriatur. 


OF    THE     JEeuiTS.  59 

fears,  and  exhort  them  principally  to  faith,  hope  and 
political  justice. 

V.  Let  them  seldom  or  never  accept  of  small 
presents  for  their  own  private  use,  but  rather  re- 
commend the  common  necessities  of  the  province 
or  college.  At  home,  let  chambers  plainly  fur- 
nished content  them ;  and  let  them  not  appear  in 
showy  dresses,  but  be  ready  at  every  turn  to  ad- 
minister their  ghostly  advice  to  the  meanest  person 
about  the  palace,  lest  they  give  others  occasion  to 
believe,  they  are  willing  to  be  helpful  to  none  but 
the  great. 

VI.  Immediately  upon  the  death  of  any  person  of 
post,  let  them  take  timely  care  to  get  some  friend  of 
our  Society  preferred  in  his  room  ;  but  this  must 
be  cloaked  with  such  cunning  and  management  as 
to  avoid  giving  the  least  suspicion  of  our  intending 
to  usurp  the  prince's  authority ;  for  this  reason  (as 
has  been  already  said)  we  Ovirselves  must  not  ap- 
pear in  it,  but  make  a  handle  of  the  artifice  of  some 
faithful  friends  for  effecting  our  designs,  whose  pow- 
er may  screen  them  from  the  envy  which  might 
otherwise  fall  heavier  upon  the  Society. 


60  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

CAPUT    V. 

Quomodo    agendum    aim    reUgio.sis^  qui  iisdem  in 
ecclesid^  guibiis  nos.  fuiictionibus  vacant. 

1.  Genus  istud  hominiim  ferendum  animose, 
interim  principibus  et  illis,  qui  aliqua  auctoritate 
valent,  et  aliquo  modo  nobis  addict!  sunt,  explican- 
dum  et  indicandum  opportune  nostram  societatem 
omnium  ordinum  continere  perfectionem,  piujter 
cantum  et  exteriorem  in  victu  et  vestitu  asperita- 
tem  ;  et  si  qua3  religiones  in  aliquo  excellant,  socie- 
tatem eminentiori  modo  lucere  in  ecclesia  Dei. 

2.  Inquirantur  et  notentur  d'efectus  aliorum  re- 
ligiosorum,  quibus  prudcnter  et  plerumque  per 
jiiodum  deplorationis  apud  fideles  amicos  paulatim 
defectis  ac  propalatis,  ostondatur,  minus  feliciter 
jllos  satisfaceve  istis  functionibus  quibus  nobiscum 
concurrunt. 


3.  Majori  conatu  eundum  est  contra  eos  qui 
scholas  dro  juventute  docenda  instituere  volunt 
istis  locis,  in  quibus  cum  honore  et  utililate  nostri 
docent.      Ostendaut    principibus   et   magistratibus 


OF   THE    JESUITS.  6l 

CHAP.  V. 

What  JciJid  of  conduct  must  he  observed  towards 
such  religious  persons  as  are  employed  in  the 
same  ecclesiastical  functions  ivith  us. 

I.  We  must  not  be  discouraged  or  beat  down  bj 
this  sort  of  men,  but  take  proper  opportunities,  de- 
monstrably to  convince  princes,  and  others  in  au- 
thority, who  are  in  any  way  attached  to  our  inte- 
rest, that  our  order  contains  the  perfection  of  all 
others,  excepting  only  their  cant  and  outward  aus- 
terity of  life  and  dress;  but  if  another  order  should 
claim  pre-eminence  in  any  particular,  that  it  is  our's 
which  shines  with  the  'greatest  lustre  in  the  Church 
of  God. 

II.  Let  the  defects  of  other  religious  orders  be  dili- 
gently canvassed  and  remarked,  and,  after  full  dis- 
covery, gradually,  published  to  our  faithful  friends, 
but  always  with  prudence  and  a  seeming  sorrow  ; 
and  let  it  be  pretended,  that  it  is  not  in  their  power 
to  acquit  themselves  so  happily  as  we,  even  in  the 
discharge  of  those  functions  which  are  common  to 
us  both. 

III.  But  far  greater  efforts  must  be  made  against 
those  who  attempt  setting  up  schools  for  the  educa- 
tion of  youth,  in  places  where  any  of  our  member-: 
do  the  same  already  with  honor  and  advantage. 
And  in  this  case,  princes  and  magistrates  must  bo 

e 


62  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

tales  fore  perturbation!  efc  sedition!  reipublic^e  nisi 
impediantur,  qiice  ab  ipsismet  pueris,  qui  diversi- 
mode  instraentur,  incipient,  denique  societatem 
sufficere   juventuti    erudiendie. 


4.  Quod  si  religiose  literas  pontificias  obtinuerint 
aut  cardinalium  commendationem  pro  se  habeant, 
agant  nostri  contra  per  principes  ac  magnates,  qui 
Pontificem  informent  de  benemeritis  societates.  et 
sufficientia  ut  per  illam  pacifice  juventus  instruatur ; 
procurent  etiam  et  exhibeant  testimonia  a  magistra- 
tibus  danda  do  bona  illorum  conversatione  et  insti 
tutione. 

5.  Interim  pro  vii'ibus  nostri  studeant  edere 
specimen  singulare  virtutis  et  doctrinas  execcendo 
studiosos  in  studiis,  aliisque  plausibilibus  ludis 
scholasticis,  magnatibus  ac  magistratibus  et  populo 
spectantibus. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  63 

told,  that  such,  unless  timely  prevented,  will  cer- 
tainly prove  mil-series  of  tumults  and  sedition  ;  for 
children,  from  difFarent  methods  of  instruction,  must 
necessarily  imbibe  different  principles;  and  lastly, 
we  must  persuade  them,  that  no  society  but  our's 
is  qualified  for  discharging  an  office  of  so  great 
importance. 

IV.  And  should  these  religious  orders  procure 
license  from  the  pope,  or  obtain  recommendations 
from  cardinals,  our  members  must  oppose  these  by 
the  interest  of  princes  and  noblemen,  who  should 
inform  his  holiness  of  the  merits  of  our  society,  and 
its  capacity  for  the  peaceful  education  of  youth; 
and  let  this  be  corroborated  by  testimonies  front 
the  magistrates  of  the  place,  concerning  the  good  be- 
haviour and  faithful  instruction  of  such  as  are  com- 
mitted to  our  care. 

V.  In  the  mean  time,  let  our  members  be  mind- 
ful to  give  to  the  public  seme  signal  instances  of 
their  virtue  and  learning,  by  directing  their  pupils 
in  the  presence  of  the  gentry,  magistrates,  and  po- 
pulace, in  their  several  studies,  or  engaging  them  in 
the  performance  of  some  other  scholastic  exercises 
proper  for  gaining  public  applause. 


64  SSCRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

CAPUT   VI. 
De  conciliaiidis  societati  vidiiis  opulentis. 

1.  Diligantur  ad  hoc  opus  patres  provectss 
osf.atis,  complexionis  vivacis  et  conversationis  gra- 
tiie;  ab  illis  visitentur  viduos  illa^,  et  simul  atque 
aflectam  aliquem  crga  societatem  ostendunt,  vicis- 
sim  opera  et  merlta  societatis  illis  otTerantur.  Quod 
si  acceptent  et  ecclesias  hostras  visitare  coeperint, 
prospiciatur  eis  de  confessario,  a  quo  bene  dirigan- 
tui'  praesertim  in  ordine  ad  constantiam  in  statu 
viduali,  enumerando  et  laudando  iliius  fructus  et 
felicitatem  ;  certoque  spondeant  et  tanquam  obsides 
pi'omittant  feternum  meritum  hac  ratione  conqui- 
rendiim,  et  efficacissimunn.  esse  remedium  ad  pur- 
gatorias  poenas  evitandas. 


2.  Procuret  idem  confessarius  ut  sacello  vel 
oratorio  alicui  domi  adornando  occupentur,  in  quo 
meditationibus  aliisque  exercitiis  spiritualibus  va- 
care  possint,  ut  sic  facilius  a  conversatione,  et  pro- 
corum,  visitationibus  avocentur;  et  quanivis  sfl.cel- 
lanuni  habeant,  nostri  tamen  a  celebratione  ]^]issa^, 


OF    THE   JESUITS.  65 

CHAPTER  VI. 

Of  proper  methods  for  inducing  rich  widows  to  be 
liberal  to  our  Society. 

I.  For  the  managing  of  this  affair,  let  such  naem- 
bers  only  be  chosen  as  are  advanced  in  age,  of  a 
lively  complexion  and  agreeable  conversation;  let 
these  frequently  visit  such  widows,  and  the  minute 
they  begin  to  show  any  affection  towards  our  order, 
then  is  the  time  to  lay  before  them  the  good  works 
and  merits  of  the  society.  If  they  seem  kindly  to 
give  ear  to  this,  and  begin  to  visit  our  churches,  we 
must  by  all  means  take  care  to  provide  them  con- 
fessors by  whom  they  may  be  well  admonished, 
especially  to  a  constant  perseverance  in  their  state 
of  widowhood,  and  this,  by  ennumerating  and  prais- 
ing the  advantages  and  felicity  of  a  single  life :  and 
let  them  pawn  their  fliiths,  and  themselves  too,  as  a 
security  that  a  firm  continuance  in  such  a  pious  re 
solution  will  infallibly  purchase  an  eternal  merit, 
and  prove  a  most  effectual  means  of  escaping  the 
otherwise  certain  pains  of  purgatory. 

IL  And  let  the  same  confessors  persuade  them 
to  engage  in  beautifying  some  chapel  or  oratory  in 
their  own  houses,  as  a  proper  place  for  their  daily 
meditations  and  devotions.  By  this  means  they 
will  be  more  easily  disengaged  from  the  conver- 
sation  and    address    of   importunate  suitors;    and 

although  they  have  a  chaplain  of  their  own,  yet  ne- 

6* 


66  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

o.t  prgecipue  ab  exhortationibus  opportune  faciendis 
noil  abstineant,  et  sacellanuni  sub  se  continere  stu- 
deant. 

3.  Caute  ct  sensim  mutanda  quos  ad  guberna- 
tionem  domus  spectant,  sic  habita  ratione  personse, 
loci,  affectus,  et  devotionis. 

4.  Amoliendi  potissimum  tales  domestici  (sed 
paulatim)  qui  plane  cum  societate  non  communi- 
cant aut  correspondent,  talesque,  commendandi,  (si 
qui  substituendi  sint)  quia  nostris  dependeant  aut 
dependere  velint :  sic  enim  omnium,  qui  in  faniiliS, 
aguntur,  participes  esse  poterimus. 


5.  Totus  conatus  confessarii  hoc  spectet,  ut  vi- 
dua ejus  consilio  in  omnibus  utatur  et  acquiescat; 
quod  ostendetur  per  occa.sionem,  esse  unicum  fun- 
damentum  profectus  spirltualis. 

6.  Consulatur  et  celebratur  frequens  usus  sacra- 
mentorum,  prassertim  poenitentia^  in  quo  intima 
animi  sensa  et  tentationes  quascumque  liberrime 
aperiat,  deinde  frequens   communio    auditus    sacri 

I 

ipsiusmet  confessarii,  ad  quod  invitabitur  cum  pro- 


OF   THE    JESUITS.  67 

ver  let  the  confessors  desist  from  celebrating  mass, 
nor  on  all  occasions  giving  them  proper  exhorta- 
tions ;  and  to  be  sure  (if  possible)  to  keep  the  chap- 
lain under. 

in.  Matters  which  relate  to  the  management  of 
the  house  must  be  changed  insensibly,  and  with  the 
greatest  prudence,  regard  being  had  to  person,  place, 
affection,  and  devotion. 

IV.  Care  must  be  taken  to  remove  such  servants 
particularly  as  do  not  keep  a  good  understanding 
with  the  Society;  but  let  this  be  done  bv  little  and 
little ;  and  when  we  have  managed  to  work  them 
out,  let  such  be  recommended  as  already  are,  or 
willingly  would  become  our  creatures;  thus  shall 

we  dive  into  every  secret,  and  have  a  finger  in  every       ? 
affair  transacted  in  the  family. 

V.  Tlie  confessor  must  manage  his  matters  so 
that  the  widow  may  have  such  faith  in  him  as  not 
to  do  the  least  thing  without  his  advice,  and  his  only, 
which  he  may  occasionally  insinuate  to  be  the  only- 
basis  of  her  spiritual  edification. 

VI.  She  must  be  advised  to  the  frequent  use  and 
celebration  of  the  sa,craments,  but  especially  that  of 
penance;  because  in  that  she  freely  makes  a  dis 
covery  of  her  most  secret  thoughts,  and  every  temp- 
tation.    In  the  next  place,  let  her  frequently  com 
municate,  and  apply  for  instructions  to  her  confessor. 


68  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

missis  peculiaribus  precibus,  recitatio  litaniarum  et 
quotidianum  examen  conscientise. 


7.  Juvabit  etiam  non  parum  ad  plenissimam 
cocfiiitionem  omnium  inclination  urn  ejus,  confessio 
generalis,  etiam  si  alias  alteri  facta  fuerit,  iterata. 

8.  Exhortationes  fient  de  bonis  viduitatis,  de 
molestiis,  matrimonii  prsesertim  iterati,  de  periculis 
quae  simul  incurruntur,  etc.,  quae  maxime  ad  homi- 
nem  sunt. 


9.  Proponendi  subinde  et  dcxtre  proci  aliqui, 
sed  tales  a  quibus  scitur  bene  viduam  abhorrere; 
describantur  aliorum  vitiaet  mali  mores,  si  qui  pu 
tentur  illi  arridere,  ut  sic  universim  secundas  nup- 
tias  nauseet. 

10.  Quando  ergo  circa  viduitatis  statum  bene 
affectam  esse  constat,  tuno  commendanda  vita  spiri- 
tualis,  non  religiosa,  cujus  incommoda  potius  pro- 
ponenda.  et  exageranda,  sed  qualis  fuit,  Paulae  et 
Enstachioe,  etc.  Prospiciatque  confessarius  ut  quan- 
totius  vote  castitatis  saltem  ad  biennium  vel  trienni- 


OF    THE   JESUITS.  60 

to  the  performance  of  which  she  must  be  invited  b j 
promises  of  some  prayers  ada23ted  to  her  particular 
occasions;  and  lastly,  let  her  every  day  rehearse  the 
litany,  and  strictly  examine  her  conscience. 

VII.  It  v/ill  be  also  a  great  help  to  the  obtaining 
of  a  perfect  knowledge  of  all  her  inclinations,  to 
prevail  with  her  tO  repeat  a  general  confession, 
although  she  has  formerly  made  it  to  another. 

VIII.  Discourse  must  be  made  to  her  concern- 
ing the  advantages  of  the  state  of  widowhood,  the 
inconveniences  of  w^edlock,  especially  when  it  is 
repeated,  and  the  dangers  to  which  mankind  expose 
themselves  by  it,  but  above  all,  such  as  more  par- 
ticularly affect  her. 

IX.  It  will  be  proper,  every  now  and  then,  cun- 
ningly to  propose  to  her  some  match,  but  such  a  one, 
be  sure,  as  you  knov/  she  has  an  aversion  to ;  and  if 
it  be  thought  that  she  has  a  kindness  for  any  one, 
let  his  vices  and  failings  be  represented  to  her  in  a 
proper  light,  that  she  may  abhor  the  thoughts  of 
altering  her  condition  with  any  person  whatsoever. 

X.  When  therefore  it  is  manifest  that  she  is 
well  disposed  to  continue  a  widow,  it  will  then  be 
time  to  recommend  to  her  a  spiritual  life,  but  not  a 
recluse  one,  the  inconv.eniences  of  which  must  be 
magnified  to  her;  but  such  a  one  as  Panla''s,  or 
JSusiachia^s,  &c.  and  let  the  confessor,  havino:  as 
soon  as  possible  prevailed  with  her  to  make  a  vow 


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SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 


um  emisso,  omnem  aditum  ad  secundas  nuptias 
cxcludat ;  quo  tempore  omnis  conversatio  cum 
sexu  imparl,  et  recreationes  etiam  cum  consangui- 
neis  et  affinibus  prohibendce  titulo  majoris  conjunc- 
tionis  cum  Deo.  Ecclesiastici  aiitem  a  quibus  vi- 
dua visitabilur,  aut  quos  visitabit,  si  omnes  excludi 
nequeant,  tamen  tales  sint  qui  ex  nostrorum  com- 
mendatione  admittantur,  vel  a  nostrorum  nutu  de- 
pendeant. 

11.  Hue  usque  ubi  progressum  fuerit,  paulatim 
ad  bona  opera  prcesertim  eleemosynas  inducenda 
erit  vidua,  quag  tamen  nulla  ratione  prsestabit  sine 
sui  patris  spiritualis  directione  ;  cum  plurimum 
intersit,  ut  cum  discretione  talentum  in  lucrum 
spirituale  detur,  et  eleemosynas  male  collocatae  sin- 
ssepe  caysa  vel  fomentum  peccatorum,  et  sic  simpli- 
cem  tantum  fructum  et  meritum  causent. 


CAPUT  VIJ. 

Quomodo   conservandce  viducB,  et    disponetidum  de 
bonis^  quos  habent. 

1.  Urgeantur  continue  ut  pergant  in  devotione  et 
operibus  bonis,  sic,  ut  nulla  hebdomada  transeat  quin 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  71 

of  chastity,  for  two  or  three  years  at  least,  take  due 
care  to  oppose  all  tendencies  to  a  second  marriage ; 
and  then  all  conversation  with  men,  and  diversions 
even  with  her  near  relations  and  kinsfolks  must  be 
forbidden  her,  under  pretence  of  entering  into  a 
stricter  union  with  God.  As  for  the  ecclesiastics, 
who  either  visit  the  widow,  or  receive  visits  from 
her,  if  they  all  cannot  be  worked  out,  yet  let  none 
be  admitted  but  what  are  either  recommended  by 
some  of  our  society,  or  are  dependants  upon  them. 

XL  When  we  have  thus  far  gained  our  point, 
the  widow  must  be,  by  little  and  little,  excited  to 
the  performance  of  good  works,  especially  those  of 
charity ;  which,  however,  she  must  by  no  means  be 
suffered  to  do  without  the  consent  of  her  ghostly 
father,  since  it  is  of  the  last  importance  to  her  soul, 
t^hat  her  talent  be  laid  out  with  a  prospect  of  obtain- 
ing spiritual  interest;  and  since  charity  ill-applied, 
often  proves  the  cause  and  incitement  to  sins,  -vvhich 
effaces  the  merit  and  vev^ard  that  might  otherwise 
attend  it. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

How  such  widows  are  to  he  secured,  and  in  what 
manner  their  effects  are  to  he  disposed  of. 

I.  They  are  perpetually  to  be  pressed  to  a  per 
severance  in  their  devotion  and  good  works,  in  such 


>^i 


72  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 


sua  sponte  aliquid  in  honorem  Christi,  beatas  Virgi- 
nis,  at  patroni  sui  prsescindant  a  se  de  superfluis, 
quod  ipsum  in  pauperes  erogent,  vel  ornatus  tem, 
plorum  destinent,  donee  spoliis  plerisque  et  priini- 
tiis  jEgypti  sint  exutss. 


2.  Quod  si  prceter  comraunem  affectum,  suam 
erga  societatem.  nostram,  liberalitatem  testentur, 
idque  facere  coutinuent,  fiant  omninum  meritorum 
societatis  participes,  cum  indulto  speciali  provinci- 
alis,  aut  etiani  si  tant£e  personas  fuerint  generalis. 

3.  Si  emiserint  votum  castitatis,  renovent  illud 
more  nostro  bis  in  anno,  concessa  illis  pro  ilia  die 
recreatione  honesta  cum  nostris. 


4.  Visitentur  crebro,  et  jecundis  colloquiis,  et 
historiis  spiritualibus,  ac  facetiis  recreentur  et  fove- 
antur,  juxta  uniuscujusque  humorem  et  Inclina- 
tionem, 

5.  Non  tractentur  nimis  rigide  in  confessione, 
ne  morosas  niniis  fiant,  nisi  forte  amissa  spe  gratiam 
ijlarum  aliunde    occupatam    recujDerandi  j    in  quo 


OF   THE    JESUITS.  7S 

manner,  that  no  week  phss  in  which  they  do  not 
of  iheir  own  accord,  Jay  somewhat  apart  out  of  their 
abundance  for  the  honor  of  Christ,  the  blessed  Vir- 
gin, or  their  patron  saint;  and  let  them  dispose  of 
it  in  relief  of  the  poor,  or  in  beautifying  of  churches, 
till  they  are  entirely  stripped  of  their  superfluous 
stores  and  unnecessary  riches. 

II.  But  if,  besides  their  general  acts  of  benefi- 
cence, they  show  a  particular  liberality  to  us,  and 
continue  in  a  course  of  such  laudable  works,  let  them 
be  made  partakers  of  all  the  merits  of  the  society, 
and  favored  with  a  special  indulgence  from  the  pro- 
vincial, or  even  from  the  general,  if  their  quality  be 
such  as  may  in  some  measure  demand  it. 

III.  If  they  have  made  a  vow  of  chastity,  let 
them,  according  to  our  custom,  renew  it  twice  a 
year ;  and  let  the  day  whereon  this  is  done  be  set 
apart  for  innocent  recreations  with  the  members  of 
the  society. 

IV.  Let  them  be  frequently  visited,  and  enter- 
tained in  an  ngroeable  manner,  v.-ith  spiritual  stories; 
and  also  diverted  with  pleasant  discourses,  according 
to  their  particular  humors  and  inclinations. 

V.  They  must  not  be  treated  with  too  much 
severity,  in  confession,  lest  v/e  make  them  morose 
and  ilUtempered,  unless  their  favor  be  so  far  engag- 
ed by  others,  that  there  is  danger  of  not  retaining 

7 


74  SECRET   INSTRUCTIONS 

magna  discretione  de  incbnstanti  mulierum  genio    ' 
judicandum. 

6.  Arceantur  ingeniose  a  visitationibus  et  festi- 
vitatibus  aliorum  templorum,  maxime  religiosorum, 
et  inculcetur  illis  omnes  aliorum  ordinum  indulgen- 
tias  in  societatem  esse  refusas. 


7.  Si  lugendum  ipsis  sit,  permittatur  ornatus 
lugubris  cum  honesta  majeslate  aliquid  spirituals 
simul  et  mundanum  spirans,  ut  non  appj-ehendant 
se  a  viro  spiritual!  plane  gubernari.  Deniqu^ 
modo  non  sit  periculum  inconstantias,  et  erga  socie- 
tatem fideles  et  liberales  inveniantur,  concedatur 
illis  quidquid  ad  sensualitatem  requirunt,  moderate 
et  excluso  scandalo. 

8.  CoUocentur  apud  viduas  aliae  puellic  honestse 
et  parentibus  divitibus  ac  nobilibus  natse,  quoe  nos- 
trorum  directioni,  et  modo  vivendi  paulatim  assue- 
fiant.  His  prassit  aliqua  a  confessario  totius  familise 
ad  hoc  electa  et  constituta.  Subjiclantur  sjndicati- 
onibus  aliisque  consuetudinibus  societatis,  et  quai 
sese  accomodare  nolunt,  dimittantur  ad  parentes 
vel  alios  a  quibus  adductas  erant,  describantur  tan- 
quc'im  dysco]?e,  difficilis  genii,  etc. 


OF   THE    JESUITS.  75 

it ;  and  in  this  c<ase,  great  discretion  is  to  be  used  in 
forming  a  judgment  of  the  natural  inconsistency  of 
women. 

VI.  Good  management  must  be  used  to  prevent 
their  visiting  the  churches  of  others,  or  seeing  their 
feasts,  but  especially  those  of  religious  orders ;  for 
which  purpose,  let  them  hear  it  often  repeated,  that 
all  the  indulgences  of  other  orders  are  with  greater 
extent  contained  in  ours. 

VII.  If  they  propose  to  put  on  a  weed,  give  them 
the  liberty  of  such  a  becoming  dress  as  has  in  it  an 
air  both  religious  and  fashionable ;  that  they  may 
not  think  they  are  altogether  to  be  governed  by 
their  spiritual  guide.  Lastly,  if  there  be  no  suspi- 
cion of  their  inconstancy,  but  they  are,  on  the  con- 
trary, faithful  and  liberal  to  our  Society,  allow  thena 
in  moderation,  and  without  offence,  whatever  plea- 
sures they  have  an  inclination  to. 

VIII.  Let  women  that  are  young  and  descended 
from  rich  and  noble  parents,  be  placed  with  those 
widows,  that  they  may,  by  degrees  become  subject 
to  our  directions,  and  accustomed  to  our  method  of 
living;  as  a  governess  to  these,  let  some  woman  be 
chosen  and  appointed  by  the  family  confessor;  let 
these  submit  to  all  the  censures,  and  other  customs 
of  the  Society  ;  but  sucH  as  will  not  conform  them- 
selves, immediately  dismiss  to  their  parents,  or 
those  who  put  them  to  us.  and  let  them  be  reore- 


76  SECRET   INSTRUCTIONS 


9.  Nec  minor  ciira  sanitatis,  et  recreationis 
illarum,  quam  salutis  habenda  erit :  quare  si  de 
valetiidine  conquerantur,  statim  jejunla,  cilicia,  dis- 
ciplince  aliceque  poenitentiee  corporales,  prohibebuii- 
tur :  neque  permittantnr  ad  templum  etiam  exire, 
sed  domi  secreto  et  caute  administrentur.  Dissimu- 
letiir  cum  illis  ingressus  in  liortum  vel  collegium, 
modo  secreto  id  fiat;  permittantur  colloquia  et 
recreationes  secretas  cum  iis  qui  maxime  arriserint. 

10.  Pro  dispositione  redituum  quos  habet  vidua 
in  favorem  societatis  facienda,  proponalur  perfectio 
status  hominum  sanctorum,  qui  relicto  mundo,  pa- 
rentibus,  et  bonis  abdicatis,  cum  magna  resignatione 
et  animi  hilaritate  Deo  servierunt.  Exponantur 
in  ordine  ad  hoc  quaj  habentur  in  constitutione  et 
examine  societatis,  de  istius  modi  renuntiatione  et 
abnegatione  omnium  rerum.  Allegentur  exempla 
viduarum,  quse  sic  brevi  in  sanctas  evascrunt,  cum 
spe  canonizationis,  is  sic  in  finem  usque  persevcra- 
verint,  ostendaturque  ipsis  non  defuturam  ad  hoc 
nostrorum  apud  pontificem  auctoritatem. 


7* 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  77 

Rented  as  untractably  stubborn,  and  of  a  perverse 
disposition. 

IX.  Nor  is  less  care  to  be  taken  of  their  health 
and  recreations  than  of  their  salvation ;  \vherefore  if 
ever  they  complain  of  any  indisposition,  immediate- 
ly nil  fasting,  canvas,  discipline,  and  other  corporal 
penance  must  be  forbidden;  nor  let  them  be  per- 
mitted to  stir  abroad,  even  to  church,  but  be  attend- 
ed at  home  with  privacy  and  care.  If  they  secretly 
steal  into  the  garden,  or  college,  seem  as  if  you  knew 
it  not,  and  allow  them  the  liberty  of  conversation 
and  private  diversions  with  those  whose  company  is 
most  agreeable  to  them. 

X.  That  a  widow  may  dispose  of  what  she  has 
in  favor  of  the  Society,  set  as  a  pattern  to  her,  the 
perfect  state  of  holy  men,  who  having  renounced  the 
world,  and  forsaken  their  parents,  and  all  that  they 
had,  with  great  resignation  and  cheerfulness  of  mind 
devoted  themselves  to  the  service  of  God.  For  the 
better  effecting  of  this,  let  what  is  contained  in  the 
constitution  and  statutes  of  the  Society  relating  to 
this  kind  of  renunciation,  and  forsaking  of  all  things, 
be  explained  to  them ;  and  let  several  instances  of 
widows  be  brought,  who  thus  in  a  short  time  became 
saints,  in  hopes  of  being  canonized,  if  they  continued 
such  to  the  end.  And  let  them  be  apprized,  that 
our  Society  will  not  fail  to  use  their  interest  at  the 
court  of  Rome  for  the  obtaining  such  a  favor. 


78  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

11.  Imprimendum  ipsishocfirmiter,  siconscientiae 
perfecta  quiete  fnii  velint,  omnin6  sine  murmurati- 
one,  tsedio,  aut  uUa  reticentia  interior!,  sequendam 
esse  tarn  in  temporal ibus  quam  in  spiritualibus 
confessarii  directionem,  tanquam  a  Deo  peculiariter 
destinati. 

12.  Instruendae  etiam  per  occasionem,  gratiua 
esse  si  personis  ecclesiasticis,  maxime  religiosis 
spectatse  et  exemplaris  vitse  eleemosynas  suas  dent, 
non  nisi  conscio  turn  et  approbante  confessario. 

13.  Cavebunt  dilligentissime  confessarii  ne  quo- 
cumque  prsetextu  hiijusmodi  viduse  illoruni  poeni- 
tentes  alios  religiosos  invisant,  aut  familiaritatem 
cum  illis  ineant;  quod  ut  irnpediant,  conabuntur 
sue  tempore  deprsedicare  societatem  tanquam  ordi- 
nem  superlativum  prae  csetaris,  et  utilissimum  in 
ecclesia,  majoris  auctoritatis  apud  pontifieem  et 
principes  omnes;  perfectissimum  in  se,  quia  dimit- 
tit  noxios  et  inidoneos,  ade6que  sine  spuma  et  fecibus 
vivit,  quibus  scutent  monachi,  plerumque  indocti, 
bardi,  segnes,  salutis  suse  incurii,  ventricolce,  etc. 


14.  Proponant  confessarii  et  suadeant  illis  ordi- 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  "79 

XI.  Let  this  be  deeply  imprintecl  on  their  minds, 
that,  if  they  desire  to  enjoy  perfect  peace  of  con- 
science, they  must,  as  well  in  matters  temporal  as 
spiritual,  without  the  least  murmuring,  or  inward 
reluctance,  entirely  follow  the  direction  of  their  con- 
fessor, as  one  particularly  allotted  them  by  Divine 
providence. 

XII.  They  must  be  also  instructed  upon  every 
occasion,  that  their  bestowing  of  alms  to  ecclesias- 
tics, and  even  to  the  religious  of  an  approved  and 
exemplary  life,  without  tlie  knowledge  and  approba- 
tion of  their  confessor,  is  not  equally  meritorious  in 
the  sight  of  God. 

XMI.   Let  the   confessors  take  diligent  care   to 
prevent  such  widows  as  are  their  penitents,  from 
visiting  ecclesiastics  of  other  orders,  or  entering  into 
fiimiliarity  with  them,  under  any  pretence  whatso- 
ever ;  for  which  end,  let  them,  at  proper  opportuni- 
ties, cry  up  the  Society  as  infinitely  superior  to  all 
other  orders;  of  the  greatest  service  in  the  church 
of  God,  and  of  greater  authority  with  the  Pope,  and 
all  princes;  and  that  it  is  the  most  perfect  in  itself, 
in  that  it  discards  all  persons  offensive  or  unqunlifi 
ed,  from  its  community,  and  therefore  is  purified 
from  that  scum  and  dregs  with  which  these  monks 
are  infected,  who,  generally  speaking,  are  a  set  of 
men  unlearned,  stupid,   and   slothful,  negligent  of 
their  duty,  and  slaves  to  their  bellies. 

XIV.  Let  the  confessors  propose  to  them,  and 


80  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

n arias  pensiones,  et  tributa,  quibus  subleventur  an- 
iiuatim  colleo^ioram  et  domorum  professarum  debita, 
prcecipue  domus  professje  romanae,  nee  immemores 
sint  ornamentorum  templi,  cerag,  vini,  etc.,  ad  cele- 
brationem  missse  sacrificii  necessariorum. 

15.  Qiiud  si  in  vita  sua  vidua  ex  pleno  bona  sua 
societati  noii  inscripserit,  proponatur  illi  per  occa- 
sionem,  et  prseserti.ni  ingruente  gravi  morbo  aut  pe- 
riculo  vitas,  oegestas,  iiovitas  et  raultitudo  plurimo- 
runi  collesioruin  nonddni  fundatorum,  inducantur- 
que  suaviter  et  foilitei-  ad  sumptus  faciendos,  qui- 
bus seternam  gloriam  sunt  fundatui-as. 


16.  Idem  faciendum  cum  princlpibus,  et  bene- 
factoribus  aliis,  persuadendum,  inquam,  ea  quae  per- 
petua  sunt  m  hoc  mundo  et  in  altero  seternam  illis 
gloriam  a  Deo  paritura.  Quod  si  hinc  inde  aliqui 
malevoii  allegent  exemplum  Christi  qui  non  habe- 
bat  ubi  caput  reclinaret,  velintque  socios  Jesu  simi- 
liter essse  pauperj'imos,  ostendatur  et  serio  im- 
primatur, passim  omnibus,  ecclesiam  Dei  nunc 
mutatam  et  monarchiam  factam,  quas  auctoriate  et 
potentia  magna  tueri  se  debet,  contra  potentissimos 
inimicos,  et  esse  lapidem  ilium  parvum  excisum  qui 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  81 

endeavor  to  persuade  them  to  pay  small  pensions 
and  contributions  towards  the  yearly  support  of 
colleges  and  professed  houses,  but  especially  of  the 
professed  house  at  Rome  ;  nor  let  them  forget  the 
ornaments  of  churches,  wax-tapers,  wine,  &c.  things 
necessary  in  the  celebration  of  the  sacrifice  of  mass. 

XV.  If  any  widow  does  in  her  life-time  make 
over  her  whole  estate  to  the  Society  ;  whenever 
opportunity  offers,  but  especially  when  she  is  seized 
with  sickness,  or  in  danger  of  life,  let  some  take  care 
to  represent  to  her  the  poverty  of  the  greatest  nura 
ber  of  our  colleges,  whereof  many  just  erected  have 
hardly  as  yet  any  foundation  ;  engage  her,  by  a 
winnin<T  behaviour  and  inducinsj  arcruments,  to  such 
a  liberality  as  (you  must  persuade  her)  will  lay  a 
certain  foundation  for  her  eternal  happiness. 

XVL  The  same  art  must  be  used  with  princes 
and  other  benefactors;  for  they  must  be  wrought 
up  to  a  belief,  tiiat  these  are  the  only  acts  wliich  will 
perpetuate  their  memories  in  this  world,  and  secure 
them  eternal  glory  in  the  next:  but  should  any 
persons  out  of  ill-will  pretend  to  trump  up  the  ex- 
ample of  our  Saviour,  who  had  not  whereon  to  lay 
his  head,  and  from  thence  urge  that  the  Society  of 
Jesus  ought  to  distinguish  themselves  by  their  pover- 
ty, in  answer  to  such  insinuations  as  these,  we  must 
seriously  inculcate  on  the  minds  of  all,  that  the  state 
of  the  church,  being  altered  from  what  it  was,  and 
now  changed  into  a  monarchy,  it  cannot  maintain 


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crevit  ill  montem  maximum,  praedlctum  per  por- 
phetam. 


17.  Istls  quae  addlctas  sunt  eleemosynis  et  ornatui 
tcmpiorum,  ostendatur  crebro,  summam  perfectio- 
nem  in  eo  consistere,  quod  terrenarum  rerum  amore 
sese  exuentes.  ipsnm  Christum  ejusque  socios,  earum 
possessores  faciant. 

18.  Sed  quia  minus  semper  sperandum  a  viduis 
quae  liberos  suos  ad  seculum  dirigunt,  videbimus. 


CAPUT   VIII. 

Quomodd  faciendum  uf  filii  et  filicE  viduarem  religi- 
osum  aiit  devotorium  statuni  am2:)lectaiitar. 

1.  SIcut  matribus  fortlter,  sic  nostrls  suaviter  in 
hac  materia  est  agendum  Matres,  nimirum,  instru- 
endce  ut  proli  suae  reprehensionibus,  castigationibus, 
etc.,  iriolestse  sint  a  tenei-is ;  dum  provectiores 
praDsert'm  filice  fuerint,  muliebrem  ornatum  et  cle- 
nodias  illis  negent,  optando  saepe  et  Deum  rogando 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  83 

its  ground  against  mighty  enemies,  unless  support- 
ed by  great  authority  and  power,  and  that  it  is  that 
little  stone  which  was  foretold  by  the  prophet 
should  be  hewn  out  of  the  rock,  and  afterwards  rise 
into  a  vast  mountain. 

XVII.  Those  who  are  inclined  to'  acts  of  charity, 
and  the  adorning  of  temples,  should  be  frequently 
told  that  the  height  of  perfection  consists  in  with- 
drawing their  affections  from  earthly  things,  thereby 
making  Christ  and  his  followers  possessors  of  them. 

XVIII.  But  since  our  expectations  must  neces- 
sarily be  less  from  widows  that  educate  their  chil- 
dren for  the  business  of  the  world ;  we  shall  now 
proceed  to  lay  down  methods  proper  for  preventing 
this  inconvenience. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

How  widows  are  to  he  treated^  that  they  may  emhrace 
religion^  or  a  devoted  life. 

I.  As  it  will  behove  the  widows  to  act  with  re- 
solution, so  must  we  proceed  with  gentleness  upon 
this  occasion.  Let  the  mothers  be  instructed  to  use 
their  children  harshly,  even  from  their  cradles,  by 
plying  them  with  reproofs  and  frequent  chastise- 
ments, &c.  And  when  their  daughters  are  near 
grown  up  to  discretion,  let  them  then  be  especially 


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ut  acl  statLim  ecclesiasticum  adspireiit  et  pollicendo 
insio-nein  dotem  si  monialcs  esse  vol  tier  int.  Expo- 
nant  ssepe  difficultaces  quse  in  matrinionio  sunt  om- 
nibus communes,  et  si  quas  ipssemet  in  particular! 
expertoe  sint,  dolendo  quod  cselibatum  suo  tempore, 
inatrimoiiio  non  praitulerint,  denique  sic  agant  con- 
tinuo,  ut  filice  prcesertim,  tasdio  vit£e  apud  matrem 
tali  modo  transigendas,  de  statu  religiose  cogitent. 


2.  Cum  filiis  conversentur  nostri  familiariter, 
siquidem  ad  societatem  nostram  apti  visi  fuerint, 
introducantur  opportune  in  collegium,  et  ostendan- 
tur,  explicenturque  illis  ea,  qua^  quaquo  modo  grata 
futura,  et  ad  societatem  amplectendam  invitatura 
creduntur,  ut  sunt  horti,  vinese.  domus  rurales,  et 
prtedia,  ubi  nostri  sese  recreant;  narretur  illis  itine- 
ratio  ad  di versa  regna,  communicatio  cum  principi- 
bus  mundi,  et  qua^cumque  juvenilem  aetatem  oblec- 
tant,  in  refectorio  et  cubiculis  exterior  mundities, 
blanda  conversatio  inter  no^tro-^,  re2;ii]£e  nostras  fix- 
cilltas,  cui  tamen  coMijiroMiissa  est  gloria  Dei.  ordi- 
nis  denique  nostri    super   alios    prseeminentia,    et 


OF    THE   JESUITS.  85 

d-enied  the  common  dress  and  ornaments  of  their 
sex  ;  at  all  times  offering  up  prayers  to  God,  that 
he  would  inspire  them  with  a  desire  of  entering  into 
a  religious  order,  and  promising  them  very  plentiful 
portions,  on  condition  they  would  become  nuns;  let 
them  lay  before  them  the  many  inconveniences  at- 
tending every  one  in  a  married  state,  and  those  in 
particular  which  they  themselves  have  found  by 
woful  experience ;  often  lamenting  the  great  mis- 
fortunes of  their  younger  years,  in  not  having  pre- 
ferred a  single  life.  And  lastly,  let  them  persist  to 
use  them  in  this  manner,  that  their  daughters  may 
think  of  a  religious  state,  being  tired  by  leading 
such  a  life  W'ith  their  mothers. 

~  II.  Let  our  members  converse  familiarly  with 
their  sons,  and  if  they  seem  fit  for  our  turn,  intro- 
duce them  occasionally  into  the  college,  and  let 
every  thing  be  shown  with  the  best  face,  to  invite 
them  to  enter  themselves  of  the  order :  as  the  car- 
dens,  vineyard,  country-seats,  and  villas,  where  those 
of  our  Society  pass  an  agreeable  life ;  let  them  be 
informed  of  our  travels  into  several  parts  of  the 
world,  of  our  familiarity  with  princes,  and  whatever 
else  may  be  agreeable  to  youth :  let  them  see  the 
outward  neatness  of  our  refectories  and  chambers, 
the  agreeable  intercourse  we  have  one  with  another, 
the  easiness  of  our  rules,  which  yet  has  the  promise, 
of  the  glory  of  God  ;  and  lastly,  the  pre-eminence  of 
our  order  above  all  others ;  not  forgetting,  amidst 


86  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

colloquia  simul  faceta   cum    piis    commisceantur. 

3.  Moneantur  quasi  ex  revelatione  interdum  ad 
reliojionem  in  genere,  deinde  caute  insinuetur  per- 
fectlo  et  commoditas  nostrte  prse  cseteris  ;  exponan- 
turque  tuna  in  publicis  exhortationibus,  turn  in  pri- 
vatis  colloqulis,  quaru  sit  grave  contra  vocationem 
divinam  calcitrare,  tandeinque  inducantur  ad  facien- 

da  exercitia  spiritualia,  ut  de  statu  vita3  deligendo 
concludant. 

4,  Procurent  nostri  ut  huju^^modi  adolescentes 
instructores  habeant  societati  addictos,  qui  continuo 
invlgilent  et  hortentur ;  si  autem  reluctentur,  sub- 
trabantur  bine  inde  aliqua,  ut  tcedeo  vitae  affician- 
tur.  Exponat  mater  difficultates  familias.  Tandem, 
si  non  ita  commode  fieri  possit,  ut  sua  sponte  ani- 
mum  ad  societatem  adjieiant,  mittantur  titulo  stu- 
diorum  ad  remota  societatis  gynmasia,  et  ex  parte 
matris  pauca  submittantur  solatia,  ex  parte  vero 
societatis  adhibeantur  lenocinia,  ut  affectum  in  nos 
tros  transferant. 


OF   THE    JESUITS.  87 

our  discourses  of  piety,  to  entertain  them  also  with 
pleasant  and  diverting  stories. 

III.  Let  us  now  and  then  (as  if  by  divine  inspira- 
tion) exhort  them  to  religion  in  general;  and  then 
artfully  insinuate  the  perfection  and  conveniences  of 
our  institution  above  others ;  and  take  care  to  set  in 
a  due  light,  both  in  public  exhortations  and  private 
discourses,  how  heinous  a  crime  it  is  to  resist  the 
inm-jediate  call  of  God;  and  lastly,  let  them  be 
soothed  to  the  performance  of  spiritual  exercises,  to 
determine  them  in  the  choice  of  such  a  state  of  life. 

IV.  We  must  also  take  care  to  provide  for  these 
youths  tutors  that  are  firmly  attached  to  our  inter- 
est ;  who  must  keep  a  strict  eye  over  them,  and  con- 
tinually exhort  them  to  such  a  course  of  life;  but 
should  they  seem  reluctant,  abridge  them  of  some 
of  their  former  liberties,  that  by  such  restraint  they 
may  become  conformable.     Let  their  mothers  set 
forth  the  difficulties  which  the  family  labor  under; 
and  if,  after  all,  they  cannot  be  brought  of  their  own 
accord  to  desire  admission  into  the  Society,  send 
them   to   distant  colleges   belonging  to   the   order, 
under  the  notion  of  keeping  them  closer  to  their 
studies;  and  from  their  mothers  let  them  receive 
little  countenance,  but  let  our  members  make  use 
of  the  most  alluring  behaviour,  that  their  affections 
may  be  brought  over  to  us. 


88  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

CAPUT  IX. 

De  reditibus  collegiorum  augendis. 

1.  Nemo  quantum  fieri  poterit  ad  ultimam  pro- 
fessionem  admittatur,  quamdiu  successiones  aliquas 
exspectet,  nisi  fratrem  se  juniorem  habeat  in  socie- 
tate.  vel  ob  alias  frj-aves  causas;  in  omnibus  tamen 
et  ante  omnia  consulendum  est  amplificationi  soci- 
etatis  secundum  fines  superioribus  notos,  qui  in  hoc 
saltern  conspirent,  ut  ec -lesia  ad  majorem  gloriam 
Dei  pristine  nitori  restituatur,  et  totius  cleri  non 
nisi  unus  sit  spiritus;  quocirca  frequenter  inonen- 
diim  est  et  passim  promulgandum,  societatem  par- 
tiin  constare  ex  professii  adeo  mendicis,  ut  prce- 
ter  largitiones  quotidianas  fidelium,  cureant  omni- 
bus omnino,  partim  etiam  aliis  patribus  pauperibus 
quidcm  sed  qui  possident  bona  stabilia,  ne  sint  in 
gravamen  populi  pro  studiis  ac  functioiiibus  suis,  ut 
sunt  CiTsteri  mendicantes;  indeoque  serio  inculcent 
confessarii  principum,  inagnatum,  viduarum,  et  alio- 
rum  a  quibus  societas  multum  sperare  potest,  ea 
quse  banc  materiam,  concernunt,  ut  dum  spiritualia 
illis  conferunt  et  divina,  ad  minimum  terrena  et 
teniporalia  ab  illis  recipiant,  neque  vix  unquam 
omittant  occasiones  recipiendi  cum  offertur.  Si  au- 
tem  promissum  fuerit  et  differatur,  prudenter  in  me- 


OF    THE   JESUITS.  89 

CHAPTER  IX. 

Of  increasing  the  revenues  of  our  Colleges, 

I.  Never  adrait  any  person,  if  it  can  well  be 
prevented,  to  his  last  degree,  so  long  as  he  shall 
have  an  expectation  of  any  estate  felling  to  him,  un- 
less he  has  a  brother  in  the  Society  who  is  younger 
than  himself,  or  some  other  important  reasons  re- 
require  it;  but  above  all  things,  and  in  every  action, 
the  increase  of  the  Society  must  be  regarded,  for 
ends  known  to  the  superiors;  who  in  this  point  (no 
doubt)  agree  that,  for  the  greater  displaying  of 
God's  glory,  the  church  should  be  restored  to  its 
ancient  splendor  by  the  perfect  harmony  of  all  its 
clergy.  Wherefore  let  it  frequently,  in  every  place, 
be  published,  that  the  Society  consists  partly  of  pro- 
fessors so  very  poor,  that,  excepting  the  daily  alms 
of  the  faithful,  thev  are  entirely  destitute  of  the  com- 
mon  necessaries  of  life ;  and  partly  by  others,  poor 
indeed,  but  possessed  of  some  little  matters,  by  help 
whereof  they  subsist,  being,  neither  for  their  studies, 
nor  the  duties  they  perform,  an  incumbrance  to  the 
people,  as  other  mendicants  are.  Therefore  let  con- 
fessors of  princes,  and  noblemen,  widows  and  others, 
(from  whom  our  expectations  may  reasonably  be 
large)  with  great  seriousness  inculcate  this  notion, 
that  while  we  administer  to  them  in  divine  and  spi- 
ritual ihings,  they  at  least  should,  in  return,  contri- 
bute to  us  of  their  earthly  and  temporal :  and  let 

8* 


90  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

Tnoriam  revocetur,  quantum  tamen  fieri  potest  om- 
nem  affectum  erga  divitias  clissimulando.  Quod  si 
qui  ex  confessariis  sive  magnatum  sive  aliorum  ad 
h£ec  in  praxin  redigenda  minus  industrius  videatur, 
tempori  et  caute  amoveatur,  alio  in  locum  eus  suf- 
fecto ;  et  si  necessarium  sit  ad  majorem  poenitenti- 
um  satisfactionem,  ad  remotiora  collegia  relegetur, 
dicendo  societatem  plurimum  illius  persona  ac  ta- 
Icntis  ibidem  indigere.  Nuper  enim  audivimus  ju- 
venes  viduas  immatura  morte  prseventas,  negligeutil, 
nostrorum  supellectilem  valde  pretiosam,  tempi  is 
societatis  dicatam  non  legasse,  eo  qu6d  tempestive 
acceptata  non  esset ;  neque  est  ad  similia  accep- 
tanda  tempus,  sed  bona  pcenitentium  voluntas  spec- 
tanda  est. 


2.  Praelati,  canonici,  pastores,  aliique  opulenti 
ecc/esiastici  industriis  variis  ad  exercitia  spiritualia 
sunt  alliciendi,  et  paulatim  sic  mediante  affectu  erga- 
res  spirituales  societati  conciliandi,  deinde  eorum 
liberalilas  paulatim  prognosticanda. 

3.  Non  negligant  confessarii  interrogare  poeni- 
tentes  sues  (opportune  tamen)  de  nomine,  familia, 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  91 

no  opportunity  ever  be  slipt  of  receiving  from  them 
whatever  is  offered:  and  if  *any  thing  be  promised, 
and  the  performance  delayed,  tal^e  care  to  remind 
them  thereof  with  prudence,  and  in  such  a  manner 
as  may  best  conceal  our  love  of  riches.  But  should 
any  confessors,  either  of  noblemen,  or  others,  seem 
the  least  negligent  to  put  in  practice  these  rules,  let 
him,  at  a  proper  opportunity,  be  removed,  and  put 
another  more  fit  in  his  room ;  and  should  it  be  ne- 
cessary, for  the  greater  satisfaction  of  the  penitants, 
let  him  be  sent  to  one  of  the  most  distant  colleges, 
saying,  that  a  person  of  his  ability  would  be  there 
of  much  greater  service  to  the  Society  :  for  we  have 
lately  been  informed  that  several  young  widows, 
being  snatched  away  by  sudden  death,  did  not  be- 
queath to  us  their  valuable  effects  through  the  negli- 
gence of  some  members  who  did  not  take  care  to 
accept  of  them  in  due  time;  for  in  getting  these 
things,  regard  is  not  to  be  had  to  the  time,  but  the 
good  inclination  of  the  penitent. 

II.  Let  various  wiles  be  used  to  draw  prelates, 
canons,  pastors,  and  other  rich  ecclesiastics  to  the 
exercise  of  spiritual  acts,  that  through  their  affection 
for  holy  things,  we  may  gradually  gain  them  to  the 
Society ;  and  by  that  means  promise  ourselves  to 
be  in  some  measure  partakers  of  their  liberality. 

III.  Confessors  must  remember  to  sift  out  of 
their  penitents,  at  proper  opportunities,  what  fami- 
ly, relations,  parents,  friends,  and  effects,  they  have ; 


92  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

affinlbus,  parentibus,  amicis  bonis  dein  spectare  siic- 
cessioiies  illoruin,  statuai,  intentioneni  ac  resolutio- 
nem  ;  quam  si  nondum  sumpserint  societati  favo- 
rabilem,  oportebit  persuadere  ;  quod  si  spes  alicu- 
ju3  utilitatis  prima  fronte  affLil«;eat,  quia  iion  expe- 
dit  de  omnibus  simul  interrogare.  jubeantur  sive 
titulo  majori.^  elucidationis  conscientioe,  sive  pceni- 
teiUias  medicinalis.  hebdomatim  confiteri,  et  honeste 
ab  eodeni  confessario  invitentur,  ut  quod  una  vix  iu- 
quirere  non  potuit,  pluribus  inquirat.  Quod  si  suc- 
sesserit  ex  voto,  si  femlna  fuerit,  ad  persistendum 
in  frequenti  confessione  et  visitatione  ;  si  vir  ad  so- 
dalitatem  frequentendam,  et  familiaritatem  nostro- 
rum,  quoque  modo  inducatur. 


4.  Quae  de  viduis  dicta  sunt,  cadem  agenda  circa 
niercatores,  cives  opulentos,  et  conjugatos  prole  ca- 
rentes,  intelligantur  ;  a  quibus  non  raro  societas  ex 
asse  h-ereditatem  acquirct,  si  prudenter  hsQ  praxes 
executioni  raandentur.  Potissimum  autem  hsec  ob- 
servanda  erunt,  circa  opulent.is  devoterias  nostros 
frequentuites,  quae  si  non  sint  parentibus  valde  no- 
bilibus  natae  tantum  ad  sum  mum  poterit  vulgus  ob- 
murmurare. 

5.  Rectores  coUegiorum  conabuntur  habere  no 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  93 

then  learn  their  reversions,  state,  intention,  and  re- 
solution, which  they  must  endeavor  to  mould  in 
favor  of  the  Society,  if  it  be  not  so  already.  If,  at 
first  trial,  we  have  prospect  of  advantage,  (it  being 
improper  to  pry  into  all  things  at  once,)  let  the  same 
confessor,  under  pretence  of  better  clearing  their 
conscience,  or  doing  some  soul-saving  penance,  strict- 
ly enjoin  them  to  make  weekly  confessions :  and 
gravely,  and  with  a  seeniing  honest  intention,  invite 
them  to  it,  that  he  may  have  the  better  opportunity 
to  propose  the  questions,  at  several  times,  which  he 
could  not  so  conveniently  ofier  at  once.  The  mat- 
ter succeeding  according  to  his  wish;  if  it  be  a  fe- 
male penitent,  let  all  ways  be  tried  to  induce  her  to 
persist  in  frequent  confessions,  and  constant  Attend- 
ance on  the  service  of  the  church.  If  a  male,  to  fre- 
quent the  company  of  the  members  of  our  Society, 
and  to  endeavor  to  enter  into  a  familiarity  with  them. 

IV.  What  has  been  said,  in  relation  to  widows, 
must  be  made  use  of  towards  merchants,  rich  citi- 
zens, and  married  people  who  are  childless ;  whose 
entire  estates  the  Society  may  often  acquire,  pro- 
vided these  rules  be  prudently  put  in  practice :  but, 
chiefly  they  must  be  observed  with  respect  to  rich 
female  devotees,  who  often  converse  with  our  mem- 
bers ;  upon  whose  account  the  common  people  can 
bat  grumble  at  most,  uitless  they  happen  to  be  de- 
scended from  very  noble  families. 

V.  Let  the  rectors  of  colleges  endeavor  to  pro- 


94  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

tltiam  domorum,  hortorum,  prsediorum,  vicaruiii, 
paf^orum,  caeterumque  bonorum,  quas  a  primariis 
nobilibus,  mercatoribus  aut  civibus  possidentiir,  et 
si  fieri  potest,  gravaminuni  ac  redituuni,  qiiibus 
oneraiitur;  sed  caute  id  praestandum  et  efficaeissime 
per  confessionem,  sodalitatcm,  ac  privata  coUoquia. 
Qiijd  si  confessarius  poenitenteni  divitem  adeptus 
sir,  continuu  rectorem  moneat,  etomni  modo  fovere 
conetur. 

6.  Porro  sumraa  rei  in  eo  constituenda  est, 
quod  nostri  omnes  apposite  benevolentiam  poeniten- 
liiim,  et  aliorum,  quibuscum  conversantur  captare 
norint,  et  singulorum  inclinationi  se  accominodare. 
Quapropter  ad  loca  quic  a  divitibus  et  nobilibus  in- 
habitantnr,  provinciales  provideant  ut  multi  mlt- 
tantur  ;  ut  provinciales  id  prudentlus  ac  felicias  fa- 
ciant,  rectores  Je  messe  illos  accurate  instruere  suo 
tempore  meminerint. 


7,  Inqulrant  etiam  an  contractus  et  possessiones, 
per  receptlones  filioriim  in  societateni,  ad  illani 
transire  possint;  et  si  fieri  potest  explorent  an  bona 
aliqua  sic  per  pactum  aliquod  conducta,  vel  alitor 
collegio  cadere  possint.  ut  post  tempus  socletati  ce- 
dant  ad  quern  finem  societatis  necessitas,  et  grava- 


OF    THE   JESUITS.  95 

cure  thoi'ough  information  of  the  lionses,  gardens, 
farms,  vine-yards,  villages,  and  other  effects  belong- 
ing to  the  prime  nobility,  merchants  and  citizens; 
and  (if  possible)  of  the  taxes  and  rents  with  w  hich 
they  are  incumbered  :  but  this  may  be  done  with 
caution,  and  most  effectually  at  confessions,  in  fami- 
liar conversation,  and  private  discourses.  And 
whenever  a  confessor  has  got  a  rich  penitent,  let 
him  immediately  inform  the  rectors,  and  try  all 
winning  artifices  to  secure  him. 

VI.  But  the  whole  success  o^  our  affairs  turns 
chiedy  on  this  point;  viz.  That  all  our  members, 
by  studying  a  compliance  with  every  one'^s  humor, 
work  themselves  into  the  good  graces  of  their  peni- 
tents, and  others  they  converse  with  ;  to  which  end, 
where  places  are  inhabited  by  the  rich  and  noble, 
there  let  the  provincials  take  care  to  send  a  consider- 
able-number: and  that  they  may  perform  this  with 
more  prudence  and  success,  let  the  rectors  not  omit 
giving  them,  full  instructions  (as  occasion  requires) 
what  a  plentiful  harvest  is  like  to  crown  their  en. 
deavors. 

VII.  Let  inquiry  be  made,  whether,  by  taking 
their  children  into  the  order,  their  contracts  and  pos- 
sessions may  fall  to  the  Society  ;  and  if  so,  whether, 
should  they  enter  into,  an  agreement  with  us,  any 
part  of  their  effects  could  be  made  over  to  the  col- 
lege in  such  a  manner,  that  it  may,  after  a  limited 
time,  revert  unto  us ;  and  for  the  better  success  in 


96  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

men  debitorum  omnibus  prsesertim  magnatlbus  et 
dlvitibus  intimandci  erunt. 

8.  Si  contigerit  viduas  aut  conjugates,  divites 
nobis  addictos  tantum  habere  filias,  eas  nostri 
blande  dirigent  ad  statum  devotorium.  vel  ad  religi- 
onem  monialium  ;  dote*  aliqua  illis  relicta,  ccetera 
societati  paulatim  acquirentur.  Quod  si  fiiios  ha- 
beant,  qui  societati  apti  erunt,  ad  illam  allicientur, 
alii  ad  alias  religiones,  etiam  certo  mininio  compro- 
misso  inducendi  erunt.  Sed  si  filius  unicus  sit,  qui- 
buslibet  modis  ad  societateni  pertrahendus  erit, 
eique  metus  omnis  parentum  ex  animo  removendus, 
et  vocatio  Christi  inculcanda  est,  ostendendo  etiam 
Deo  sacrificiuai  gratissiaiuia  fore,  si  pareutibus  in- 
sciis  et  invitis  aufugerit ;  deindo  mittatur  ad  noviti- 
atun.\  remotum,  prgemonito  prius  generali.  Quod 
si  filios  et  filias  habeant,  prius  fiiiaj  in  jnonasterium 
vel  statum  devotiorum  dirigantur,  dninde  filii  in 
societateni  cum  successione  lionorum  pertrahantur. 


9.  Superiores  hujusmodi  viduarum  et  conjuga- 
torum  confessarlos  suaviter  et  fortiter  moneant,  ut 
sese  utiliter  i^ro  societate  secundum  ha^c  monita  im- 
pendant ;  quod  si  non  fecerint,  alii  eorum  loco  sub- 


OF   THE   JESUITS.  97 

this  affair,  let  the  necessities  of  the  Society,  and  the 
load  of  debts  they  labor  under,  be  particuhirly  re- 
presented to  the  nobility  and  those  that  are  rich. 

Vill.  If  it  happen  that  the  widows  and  rich  mar- 
ried people,  who  are  our  friends,  have  daiighterj 
only,  let  these  be  persuaded  by  our  members  to 
make  choice  of  a  religious  life  ;  that  a  small  fortun* 
being  left  to  them,  the  Society  may,  by  degrees,  get 
the  rest  into  their  possession:  and  if  they  have  sons 
who  are  fit  for  our  turn,  let  them  be  allured  to  us, 
and  the  others  be  enticed,  by  the  promise  of  small 
rewards,  to  enter  themselves  of  different  orders. 
But  should  there  be  an  only  son,  let  no  means  be 
omitted  for  the  bringing  him  over  to  the  Society, 
and  freeing  him  from  all  fear  of  his  parents ;  let  him 
be  persuaded  it  is  a  call  from  above ;  and  shown 
how  acceptable  a  sacrifice  it  would  be  to  God, 
should  he  desert  his  parents  without  their  know, 
ledge  or  consent;  if  this  be  effected,  let  him  entor 
his  novicatc  in  a  remote  college,  having  fir^t  given 
information  to  the  general.  But  if  they  happen  lo 
have  both  sons  and  daughters,  let  the  daughters  bo 
first  disposed  of  in  a  nunnery  ;  and  afterwards  let 
the  sons  be  drawn  into  the  Society  when  they  are 
got  into  possession  of  their  sisters'  effects. 

IX.  Let  superiors  earnestly,  but  with  mildness, 
advise  the  confessors  oi  such  widows,  and  married 
peoplft,  to  apply  themselves  industriously  for  the 
service  of  the  Society,  according  to  the  instructions 

0 


08  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

stitiianter  et  ipsi  removeantur,  sic  ut  notitlam  cum 
ilia  familia  fuvere  non  possint. 


10.  Viduss  vel  alias  personse  devotse,  quaj  viden_ 
tur  magiio  affectii  ad  perfectionem  tendere,  inducan- 
tur  ad  hoc  tanquain  ad  efficacissimum  medium  per- 
veniendi  ad  apicem  perfectionis,  si  omnes  suas 
possessiones  soctetati  cedant,  et  vivant  annona  soci- 
etatis,  quce  illis  secundum,  exigeiUiam  continiio  ad- 
ministrabltur,  ut  sine  ulla  cura  ac  sollicitudine  Deo 
liberius  serviant. 

11.  Ad  persuadendam  efficaclus  paupertatem 
societatls,  supcriores  a  ditioribus  personis  societaii 
addictis  mutuant  pecunias  sub  chirographo,  qiiarum 
solutio  differatur;  deinde  tempore  morbi  pr?eser- 
tim  periculosi  talis  persona  constanter  visitetur,  et 
omni  ratione  pr£eveniatur,  ut  tandem  moveatur  ad 
re-ddendum  chirographum  ;  sic  enim  nostri  non  ag- 
noscentur  testamcnto,  et  interim  nihilominuslucrabi- 
mur  absque  invidias  uccedentium  in  bona  morientis. 

12.  Conveniet  etiam  ab  allquibus  personis  pecu- 
niam  sub  annuo  reditu  sumere,  et  eamdem  nummo 
altiori  alibi  constitiiere,  ut  redltas  reditum  compen- 
set ;  interim  enim  fieri   poterit,  ut  amici,  qui  pecu- 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  99 

before  laid  down  ;  but  if  tliey  will  not  act  confornna- 
ble  thereto,  let  otliers  be  substituted  in  their  places, 
nnd  they  removed  a  gooc!  Avay  off,  to  prevent  them 
from  keeping  up  the  least  correspondence  with  any 
of  tlie  familv. 

X.  Let  the  widows  or  other  devotees,  who  sofii! 
uith  fervency  to  aspire  at  spiritual  perfection,  b. 
bi'ought  to  give  up  all  they  have  to  the  Society,  ant; 
be  contented  to  live  upon  such  allowance  as  we  from 
time  to  time  shall  think  they  have  occasion  fur  ; 
that,  by  easing  their  minds  of  the  cares  and  anxie- 
ties of  worldly  affairs,  they  may  be  more  at  liberty 
for  the  service  of  God. 

XI.  The  better  to  convince  the  world  of  the  So- 
ciety's poverty,  let  the  superiors  borrow  money  on 
bond,  of  some  rich  persons  who  are  our  friends,  and 
when  it  is  due  defer  the  payment  thereof.  After- 
wards let  the  person  who  lent  the  money  (especially 
in  time  of  dangerous  sickness)  be  constantly  visited, 
and  by  all  methods  wrought  upon  to  deliver  up  the 
bond  ;  by  this  means  we  shall  not  be  mentioned  in 
the  deceased's  will ;  and  yet  gain  handsomely  with- 
out incurrinfT  the  ill-will  of  their  heirs. 


o 


XII.  It  will  also  be  proper  to  borrow  money  of 
some  at  a  yearly  intere3t,\and  dispose  of  it  to  othei's 
at  a  higher  rate,  that  the  income  on  one  hand  may 
more  than  answer  the  outgo  on  the  other.     For  iii 


100  SECRET     INSTRUCTIONS. 

nias  sic  mutuo  dederunt,  misericordia  nostri  moti, 
lucrum  aui  subinde  ctiain  capitale,  sive  testamento, 
sive  donatione  inter  vivos,  societati  cedant,  diim  col- 
legia strunntur,  aiit  templae  cedificantur. 


13.  Utiiiter  etiam  societas  sub  nomine  mercato- 
ruin  divitum  nobis  addictorum  negotiari  poterit ; 
sed  respiciendum  certum  ac  copiosum  lucrum,  etiam 
in  Indiis,  quae  societati  non  tantum  animas,  verdm 
etiam  opes  multas  hactenus,  Deo  favente,  submin- 
istrarunt. 

14,  Procurent  nostri  habere  in  locis  ubi  resident, 
medicum  aliquem  societati  fidelem,  quern  apud 
segros  prse  caeteris  proscipue  commendent  et  extol- 
lant;  ut  vicissim  ipse  nostros  prae  costeris  religiosis 
commendans,  efficiat  ut  passim  apud  primaries 
cegrotos  et  prcesertim  moribundos  vocemur. 


15.  Confessarii  sint  assidui  in  visitandis  seo-ris, 
potissimum  qui  periclitantur,  et  ut  alios  religiosos 
ac  ecclesiasticos  inde  honeste  eliminent,  procurent 
superiores,  ut  tempore  illo  quo  confessarius  disce- 
dere  cogitur  ab  asgroto.  continuo  alii  succedant,  et 
segrotum  in  bonis  propositis  foveant ;  interim  incu 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  101 

the  mean  time  it  may  happen  that  our  friends,  to 
whom  we  are  indebted,  compassionating  the  neces- 
sities of  the  Society,  when  they  find  us  engaged  in 
erecting  of  colleges,  or  building  of  churches,  may  by 
will,  or  donation  in  their  life-times,  forgive  us  ihe 
interest,  and  may  be  the  principal. 

XIII.  The  Society  may  also  advantageously 
traffic  under  the  borrowed  names  of  some  rich  mer- 
chants, our  friends;  but  never  without  a  prospect 
of  certain  and  abundant  gain;  and  this  may  be  done 
even  to  the  ladies^  which  hitherto,  by  the  bountiful 
favor  of  God,  have  furnished  us  not  only  with  souls, 
but  also  plenteously  supplied  our  coilers  with  wealth. 

XIV.  In  whatever  places  our  members  reside, 
let  them  never  omit  to  provide  a  physician  who  is 
firm  to  the  interest  of  the  Society  :  him  let  them  re- 
commend to  the  sick,  and  prefer  before  all  others; 
that  he,  in  return,  by  extolling  our  Society  above  all 
other  religious  orders,  may  occasion  us  to  be  called 
to  all  persons  of  distinction,  when  afflicted  with  sick- 
ness, but  chiefly  to  such  as  are  past  hopes  of  recovery. 

XV.  Let  the  confessors  be  constant  in  visiting: 
the  sick,  but  especially  such  as  are  thought  to  be  in 
danger;  and  that  the  ecclesiastics  and  members  of 
other  orders  may  be  discarded  with  a  good  pre. 
tence,  let  the  superiors  tal^e  care  that  when  the  con- 
fessor is  obliged  to  withdraw,  others  may  imme- 
diately succeed,  and  keep  up  the  sick  person  in  his 

9* 


102  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

tiendus  erit  prudentev  horror  inferni,  etc.,  ad  mini- 
main  purgatorium,  demonstrandumque,  quOd  sicut 
aqna  exslingiiit  ignem,  sic  eleemosyna  extinguit  pec- 
citiiin  ;  nusquam  auteai  melius  eleemosynas  impend! 
po-sse  qnaiTi  in  hujus  modi  personarum  alimentum 
ac  subsidium  qui  ex  vocatione  sua  profitentur  cha- 
ritat.em  erga  salutem  proximi  ;  sic  enim  illius  par- 
ticipes  faciendos,  et  satisfacturos  segrotos  pro  peccatis 
propriis,  quia  charitas  operiit  multitudinem  peccato- 
rum ;  describi  potest  quoque  charitas,  tanquam  vest- 
is  ilia  nuptialis,  sine  qua  nemo  admittitur  ad  mensani 
ccelestem.  Denique  ex  scriptura  et  Sanctis  patri- 
bus  alleganda  erunt,  quog,  respectu  habito  ad  capa- 

citatem  oggroti,  efficacissima  judicabuntur  ad  ilium 
permovendum. 

IG.  Mulieres  conqnerentes  de  vitiis  aut  moles- 
tiis  suoruni  maritorum,  doceantur  subtrahere  secre- 
to  summarn  aliquam  pecunice,  illamque  Deo  offerre 
pro  expiandis  peccatis  maritorum  et  impetranda 
illis  gratia. 


CAPUT  X. 

De  disciplince  hvjus  rigore  privatce  iii  societate. 
1.   Dimittendus  erit  quilibet  vel  cujusvis  coi^di- 
sionis  vel  setatis,  alio  colore  quassito  tanquam  hostis 


OF   THE    JESUITS,  103 

*  good  resolutions.  At  this  time  it  may  be  advisable 
to  move  him  by  apprehensions  of  hell,  &c.  at  least 
of  purgatory  ;  and  tell  him,  that  as  fire  is  quenched 
by  water,  so  sin  is  extinguished  by  acts  of  charity  ; 
and  that  alms  can  never  be  better  bestowed  than 
for  the  nourishment  and  support  of  such  who  by 
their  calling  profess  a  desire  to  promote  the  salva- 
tion of  their  neighbor.  Thus  will  the  sick  become 
partakers  of  our  merit,  and  by  it  atone  for  the  sins 
they  have  committed ;  for  charity  covers  a  multi- 
tude of  sins.  This  virtue  may  be  also  represented 
to  them  as  that  wedding  garment,  without  which  no 
one  is  admitted  to  the  heavenly  feast.  Next  let 
some  passages  be  quoted  out  of  the  sacred  writ,  and 
holy  fathers,  which  (regard  being  had  to  the  sick 
person's  capacity)  shall  be  judged  most  proper  for 
persuading  him  to  a  compliance. 

XVI.  Lastly,  let  the  women  who  com.plain  of  the 
vices  or  ill-humor  of  their  husbands,  be  instructed 
secretly  to  withdraw  a  sum  of  money,  that  by  mak. 
ing  an  offering  thereof  to  God,  they  may  expiate 
the  crimes  of  their  sinful  help-mates,  and  secure  a 
pardon  for  them. 


CHAPTER  X. 

Of  the  inivate  rigor  &f  disci j^line  in  the  Society. 

I.  Whoever  hath  alienated  our  female  devotees 
or  other  friends,  from  our  churches,  or  frequent  con- 


104  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

societatis,  qui  devotas  nostras  vel  alios  amicos  ali- 
enavcrit  a  templo  nostro  vel  frequentatione  nostro- 
rum,  aut  eleemosynas  ad  alia  templa,  vel  religiose 
diverterit,  vel  alicui  opulento,  aut  bene  societati 
congruo  iliain  dissuaserit ;  turn  etiam  qui  circa  tem- 
pus,  quo  de  bonis  propriis  disponendum  erat,  affec- 
tum erga  consaiiguineos  potius  quam  erga  societa- 
tem,  ostenderint ;  hoc  enim  magnum  immortificati 
animi  sigiium  est,  et  convenit  professos  esse  plane 
mortificatos,  item  qui  eleemosynas  a  poenitentibus 
aut  aliis  amicis  societatis  ablatas  ad  consanguineos 
suos  pauperes  diverterint.  Ut  autem  de  causa  di- 
missionis  suce  postea  non  conquerantur,  non  dimit- 
tantur  statira,  sed  prohibeantur  primo  ab  audiendis 
confessionibus,  mortificentur  et  vexentur  exercitiis 
vilissimorum  officioriim ;  cogantur  ad  ea  in  dies 
proestanda  a  quibus  aversionem  maximam  habere 
cognoscuntur;  removeantur  ab  altioribus  studiis  ac 
honorificis  muniis ;  urgeantur  capitulis  ac  reprehen- 
sionibus  publicis ;  arceantur  a  recreationibus,  et 
conversatione  externorum ;  subtrahantur  in  vesti- 
bus,  aliisque  utensilibus,  ea  quce  omnin6  necessaria 
non  sunt,  donee  ad  murmurationem  et  impatientiam 
inducantur,  et  tunc  tanquam  nimis  immortificati,  et 
aliis  raalo  exemplo  perniciosi  dimittantur ;  et  si 
ratio  dimissionis  parentibus  aut  praslatis  ecclesise 


OF   THE   JESUITS.  105 

verse  with  our  m embers :  whoever  hath  withdrawn 
alms  to  other  churches  or  orders,  themselves,  or 
persuaded  the  rich  and  well-inclined  to  us,  to  do  it ; 
whoever,  at  the  time  of  disposal  of  their  effects,  hath 
shown  a  greater  affection  to  their  near  relations, 
than  to  the  Society :  (a  plain  demonstration  of  an 
unmortified  mind,  and  directly  contrary  to  the  tho- 
rough mortification  enjoined  professors:)  whoever 
hath  converted  the  alms  of  penitents,  or  of  other 
of  our  friends,  to  the  use  of  their  own  necessitous 
kinsfolks :  let  them  all  be  discarded,  as  enemies  to 
the  Society,  of  what  age  or  condition  soever  they 
be  ;  yet  for  this,  let  some  other  pretence  be  alleged. 
But  to  prevent  their  making  complaint  of  this  usage, 
let  them  not  be  expelled  immediately,  but  first  be 
restrained  from  hearing  confessions,  be  plagued  and 
perplexed  with  exercise  of  the  most  servile  offices ; 
be  obliged  to  perform  such  duties,  to  which  it  is 
evident  they  have  an  utter  aversion ;  let  them  be 
removed  from  higher  studies  and  honorable  em- 
ployments, and  harassed  with  chapters  and  public 
censures,  let  them  be  debarred  of  recreations,  and 
conversation  with  strangers,  and  be  denyed,  in  dress 
and  every  thing  else,  whatever  is  not  absolutely 
necessary ;  till  by  such  rigorous  methods  of  chas. 
tlsement,  they  become  impatient,  and  murmuring 
against  us ;  let  them  then  be  dismissed,  as  persons 
not  duly  mortified,  whose  bad  example  may  be  per- 
nicious to  others ;  and  if  the  reason  of  their  expul- 
sion be  required  by  their  parents,  or  the  prelates  of 


106  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

danda  sit,  dicantur  non  habuisse  spiritum  societatis. 

2.  DImittendi  insuper  erunt  qui  scrupulum  fe- 
cerint  in  acquirendis  socletati  bonis  dicanturque  esse 
nlmium  proprio  judicio  addict!.  Quod  si  apud  pro- 
vinciales  rationem  facti  sui  reddere  voluerint,  non 
audlantur,  sed  urgeantur  ad  regulain  quoe  omnes  ob- 
ligat  ad  csecam  obedientiam  prsestandam. 

3.  Reflectendum  erit  ab  initio  et  a  teneris, 
quinam  maxime  in  afTectu  erga  societatem  profici- 
ant,  qui  autem  affectum  erga  alios  ordlnes,  aut  pau- 
peres,  aut  parentes  tenere  deprehenduntur,  cum  sint 
fiituri  inutiles,  modo  supra,  dicto,  paulatim  ad  dimis- 
sionem  disponantur. 


CAPUT    XL 

Qualiter  se  nostri  unanimiter  proesiahiint  contra  dl- 

missos  €  societate. 

1.  Quoniam  demissi  saltern  aliquorum  secreto- 
rum  conscii  sunt,  plerumque  obsunt ;  ac  proinde 
eorum  conatibus  obviandum  erit  his  niodis  :  ante- 
quam  e  societate  dimittantur,  inducantur  ut  peo- 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  107 

the  church,  let  them  be  represented  as  not  having 
the  true  spirit  of  the  Society. 

II.  Let  such  also  be  dismissed  who  make  a  scru- 
ple of  acquiring  riches  for  the  Society,  and  set  forth 
as  persons  too  much  in  love  with  their  own  opin- 
ions :  and  if  they  desire  to  give  an  account  of  their 
actions  before  the  provincials,  let  them  not  be  heard, 
but  compelled  to  conform  themselves  to  the  statute, 
which  commands  implicit  obedience  from  all. 

III.  Let  us  observe,  from  the  first  entrance,  and 
even  from  their  tender  years,  who  they  are  that 
make  the  greatest  advances  in  their  affection  for  us : 
and  let  such  as  are  found  to  retain  a  love,  either  for 
other  orders,  the  poor,  or  their  parents,  be  by  little 
and  little,  disposed  for  dismission,  according  to  the 
method  already  mentioned,  since  they  are  not  likely 
to  prove  of  any  service  to  the  Society. 


CHAPTER  XL 

I{o2v  our  members  are  unanimously  to  behave  towards 
those  who  are  expelled  the  Society. 

I,  Since  those  that  are  dismissed,  do  frequently 
very  much  prejudice  the  Society  by  divulging  such 
secrets  as  they  have  been  privy  to;  their  attempts 
must  therefore  be  obviated  in  the  following  manner. 
Let  them  be  prevailed  upon,  before  they  are  dis- 


108  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

mittant  scrlpto,  et  jurent  se  nihil  de  societate  un- 
quam  sinistri  scriptures  vel  dicturos.  Interim  su- 
periores  servent  scripto  malas  inclinationes,  defeetus 
ac  vitia  illorum,  quae  ipsi  aliquando  in  nianifestati- 
one  conscientise  pro  more  societatis  dederunt,  qui- 
biis  si  necesse  fuerit,  societas  apud  magnates  et 
praslatos  ad  illorum  promotionem  impediendam  se 
juvare  poterit. 

2.  Scribatur  quamprlmum  per  collegia,  qumam 
dimissi  sint,  exaggerenturque  causae  dimissionis  gene- 
rales,  immortificatio  animi,  inobedientia,  parvus  af- 
fectus  erga  exercitia  spiritualia,  proprium  judicium, 
etc.  Deinde  moneantur  alii  omnes  ne  cum  illis  ulla 
ratione  correspond eant ;  et  si  ab  externis  de  demis- 
sis  mentio  fiat,  loquantur  omnes  uniformiter,  et 
passim  dicant,  societatem  neminem  dimittere  sine 
gravibus  causis,  ejicere  instar  maris  cadavera,  etc. 
Insinuentur  etiam  caute  hujus  modi  causae,  propter 
quas  odio  habemur,  ut  plausibilior  sit  dimissio. 


3.  In  domesticis    exhortationibus   persuaaeatur 
dimissos  esse  plane  inquietos,  et  contlnu6  socIetOr' 


OF   THE   JESUITS.  109 

missed,  to  give  it  under  their  hands,  and  swear  that 
they  never  will,  directly  or  indirectly,  either  write 
or  speak  any  thing  to  the  disadvantage  of  the  order; 
and  let  the  superiors  keep  upon  record  the  evil  in- 
clinations, failings  and  vices,  which  they,  according 
to  the  custom  of  the  Society,  for  discharge  of  their 
consciences,  former] v  confessed  :  this,  if  ever  thev 
give  us  occasion,  may  be  produced  by  the  Society, 
to  the  nobility  and  prelates,  as  a  very  good  handle 
to  prevent  their  promotion. 

II.  Let  it  be  immediately  published  through  all 
our  colleges,  that  such  and  such  are  dismissed;  and 
let  the  general  causes  of  their  expulsion  (such  as  an 
uiimorliiied  mind,  disobedience,  disaffection  for  spi- 
ritual exercises,  an  obstinate  adherence  to  their  own 
opinions,  &;c,)  be  highly  aggravated.  In  the  next 
place,  jet  all  be  advised  to  keep  no  correspondence 
with  them  upon  any  account  whatsoever.  And  if 
strangers  should  happen  to  make  any  mention  of 
ihem,  let  all  our  members  unanimously  affirm,  in 
every  public  place,  that  the  Society  expels  none 
without  weighty  causes;  spewing  out,  as  the  sea,  all 
its  dead  carcasses,  &c.  and  let  such  causes  also  be 
artfully  insinuated,  which  have  occasioned  us  any 
ill-will,  that  their  ejectment  may  appear  to  the  world 
with  a  more  commendable  grace. 

III.  In  private  exhortations,  at  people's  houses, 
let  these  be  represented  as  persons  very  turbulent, 
and  continually  importuning  a  re-admission  into  the 

10 


110  S2CRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

tem  repetre  ;  exaggerenturque  infortunia  eorum  qui 
post  dicessura  a  societate  male  perierunt. 

4.  Obviandum  etlam  erit  accusafeionibus,  quas 
demissi  e  societate  facere  possent,  per  auctoritateai 
virorum  gravium,  qui  passim  declarent  societatem 
neminem  sine  gravi  causa  dimittere,  neque  prcescin- 
dere  sana  membra  ;  quod  confirmari  potest  per  ze- 
lum  quem  habet,  et  generatim  ostendit  societas  erga 
animas  externorum,  quanto  magis  erga  domesticos 
suos. 

5.  Deinde  hujusmodi  magnates  aut  proslati,  apud 
quos  dimissi  allquid  auctoritatis  aut  fidei  sibi  conci- 
liare  coeperint,  omni  genere  beneficiorum  a  societate 
praeveniendi  sunt,  ac  obstringendi ;  explicandum  iliis 
quomodo  bonum  commune  unius  religionis  tani  Cel- 
ebris, quam  utilis  ecclesioe,  prseponderare  debeat 
bono  privato  qualiscumque  persona3;  quod  si  atTec- 
tus  ergadimissos  perseveret,  juvabit  causas  dimissi- 
onis  exponere,  et  exaggerare  etiam  quas  non  ade6 
certa  sunt,  raodo  per  pro'babilem  consequentiam  de- 
ducantur. 

6.  Omni  modo  praecavendum  erit,  ne  prsesertim 
ii,  qui  sua  sponte  societatem  deserueruntj  promove- 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  Ill 

Society.  And  let  their  sad  fate  be  industriously 
aggravated,  who,  after  exclusion,  have  happened  to 
come  to  an  untimely  or  miserable  end. 

IV.  Whatever  accusations  these  brinfr  against 
us,  let  them  be  oppugned  by  the  authority  of  some 
grave  members',  who  must  every  where  declare  that 
the  Society  dismisses  none  but  upon  very  good  rea- 
sons, nor  ever  lops  off  members  that  are  sound ; 
this  must  be  confirmed  by  the  zeal  and  concern  we 
show  for  the  souls  of  all  strangers  in  general :  how 
much  greater  must  it  therefore  be  for  those  who  are 
members  of  our  order'? 

V.  In  the  next  place,  let  the  Society,  by  all  man- 
ner of  obligations,  endeavor  to  prevail  upon  the 
noblemen  and  prelates  with  whom  the  dismissed 
may  have  any  credit  or  authority,  to  deny  them 
their  countenance ;  and  let  it  be  shown  that  the  com- 
mon good  of  an  order,  which  is  as  famous  as  it  is 
useful  to  the  church,  should  always  be  preferred  to 
the  private  advantage  of  any  particular  person  what- 
soever ;  and  should  they  still  retain  an  affection  for 
them,  it  will  then  be  of  importance  to  lay  open  the 
causes  of  their  expulsion,  and  even  to  aggravate 
them  with  those  we  have  no  positive  proof  of,  so 
they  can  but  be  deduced  by  probable  consequence. 

VI.  Let  all  possible  care  be  taken  to  hinder  the 
promotion  of  such  to  offices  and  preferments  in  the 
church,  who  of  their  own  accord  have  relinquished 


112  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

antur  ad  aliqua  o(fici;i  aut  dignltates  ecclesiaj,  nisi  se 
suaque  omnia  societali  submiserint  et  addixerint, 
ita  lit  omnibus  constare  possit  quod  a  societate  om- 
nino  dependere  velint. 

7.  Procuretur  tempori  iit  ab  e.xercitio  fonctio- 
num  celebrium  in  ecclesia,  ut  sunt  conciones,  con- 
fessiones,  evulgationes  liboruin,  etc.,  quantum  fieri 
potest  sint  rem''>ti,  ne  affectum  et  plausum  vulgi  sibi 
concilient.  Eo  fine  diiigentissime  in  vitam  ao  mo- 
res illorum  erit  inquirendum,  necnon  in  sodalitin,  oc- 
cupationes,  etc.,  et  intentiones  dimissi.  Quocir  a 
efficiendum  erit,  ut  cum  aliquo  e  familia  i]lu, 
quam  dimissi  incolunt,  nostri  peculiarem  correspou- 
dentiam  habeant.  Quampriinun]  cutem  quidpiam 
minus  laudabile,  aut  censura  dignum  deprehensuin 
fuerit,  per  personas  inferioris  ordinis  nobis  addictas 
in  vulgus  dispergatur.  deinde  magnates  vel  praelatos, 
qui  dimissos  fovent,  futunc  infamice  indieiis  tenean- 
tur.  Quod  si  nihil  committant  reprehensione  dignnm, 
etlaudabiliter  se  gerant,  extenuentur  argutis  proposi- 
tionibus,  ambiguisque  verbis  eorum  virtu tes,  opera- 
que  quce  commendantur,  donee  asstimatio  et  fides 
quae  antea  illis  adhibebatur,  imminuatur  ;  societa- 
tis  enim  plane  interest,  dimissos  et  prcesertim  eos, 
qui  earn  sua  sponte  deseruerunt,  prorsiis  supprimi. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  113 

the  Society ;  unless  they  submit  themselves,  and  all 
they  have  in  the  world,  to  our  disposal,  in  such  a 
manner  that  it  may  plainly  appear  to  every  one  they 
are  willing  to  have  their  whole  dependance  on  us, 

VII.  Let  them  (as  far  as  is  possible)  be  timely 
removed  from  the  exercise  of  honorable  functions  in 
the  church,  such  as  preaching,  confessing,  and  -pub- 
lishing of  books,  &c.  lest  by  these  means  they  attract 
the  affection  and  applause  of  the  people.  The  strict- 
est inquiries  must  therefore  be  made  into  their  lives, 
manners,  and  conversations,  what  they  apply  them- 
selves to,  and  their  very  intentions :  to  which  end, 
matters  must  be  so  managed,  that  we  may  keep  up 
a  good  correspondence  with  some  of  the  family  in 
which  they  live,  and  the  minute  the  least  trip  be 
discovered,  or  any  thing  deserving  censure,  let  it  be 
industriously  spread  abroad  in  the  world  by  some 
of  the  lower  rank  of  people,  who  are  our  fj'iends, 
that  so  the  noblemen  or  prelates  may  be  restrained 
from  showing  them  any  farther  countenance,  for 
fear  of  the  scandal  it  may  bring  upon  themselves; 
and  should  they  behave  so  as  to  leave  us  no  room 
to  find  fault,  let  their  virtues  and  laudable  actions 
be  depreciated  by  subtile  insinuation  and  doubtful 
expressions ;  till  the  esteem  and  credit  they  had  for- 
merly acquired  be  less,ened  in  the  opinion  of  the 
world  ;  for  it  is  altogether  for  the  interest  of  the  So- 
ciety, that  the  dismissed,  especially  such  as  of  their 
own  accord  desert  it,  should  be  entirely  kept  under. 

10* 


114  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

8.  Infortunia  et  eventus  sinistri,  qui  illis  acci- 
dunt,  qiiampi'imuni  clivulgandi  sunt,  imploratis  ta- 
men  precibus  personarum  piarum,  ut  non  credantur 
nostri  expassioiie  procedere  ;  domi  vero  omnibus 
modis  exaggerentur,  ut  alii  contineantur. 


CAPUT  XII. 
Quinam  conscrvari  ac  foveri  in  societate  deheant 

1.  Primum  locum  tenere  debent  strenui  operarii, 
qui,  scilicet,  non  minus  temporale  quam  spirltuale 
societatis  bonum  promovent,  quales  sunt  plerumque 
confessarii  principuni  ac  magnatum,  viduarum  et 
devotarum  opulentarum,  concionatores  et  professo- 
res,  et  quicumque  horum  secretorum  sunt  conscii ; 

2.  Corriientes  vlribus  et  defecti  setate,  secundum 
quod  talenta  sua  pro  bono  societatis  temporal!  im- 
penderunt,  adeo  ut  habeatur  decens  ratio  messis 
prfeteritse ;  prseterquam  quod  adhuc  apta  instru- 
menta  sint  ad  deferendos  superioribus  defectus  ordi- 
narios  quos  in  reliquis  domesticis,  cum  perpetuo 
domi  sint  animadvertunt. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  115 

YIII.  Let  the  misfortunes,  and  unlucky  acci- 
dents which  happen  to  them,  be  immediately  pub- 
li--)hed  ;  but  with  entreaties  for  the  prayers  of  good 
christians,  that  the  world  mav  not  think  we  are 
hurried  away  by  passion:  but,  among  our  members, 
let  these  things,  by  all  means,  be  represented  in  the 
-blackest  colors,  that  the  rest  may  be  the  better 
secured. 


CHAPTER  XII. 
Who   should  be  kepi,  and  favored  in   the  Society. 

I.  Let  diligent  laborers,  whose  industry  is  equal- 
ly bent  on  promoting  the  temporal,  as  the  spiritual 
interest  of  the  Society,  be  always  held  in  the  great- 
est esteem;  of  which  sort  are  (generally  speaking) 
confessors  of  princes  and  noblemen,  of  widows  and 
rich  female  devotees,  preachers,  professors,  and 
■whoever  are  privy  to  these  secret  instructions. 

II.  The  impaired  in  strength,  and  dccrepid  with 
age,  must  be  next  considered,  according  as  they 
have  employed  their  several  talents  for  the  tempo- 
ral advantage  of  the  Society  ;  that  a  gi-eatful  i-egard 
may  be  shown  to  their  past  labors,  and  because  they 
may  also  (remaining  always  at  home)  be  made  use 
of,  to  pry  into  the  actions  of  the  other  domestics, 
and  communicate  to  the  superiors  a  faithful  account 
of  whatever  miscarriages  they  shall  be  guilty  of. 


116  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

3.  Dimittendi  ill!  nunquam  erunt  quantum  fieri 
poterit,  ne  societas  male  audiat. 

4.  Prseterea,  fovendi  quicumque  ingenio,  nobili- 
tate,  aiit  divitiis  excellunt,  prossertim  si  amicos  et 
consanguineos  societati  addictos  habeant  et  poten- 
tes,  et  re  vera  ipsi  sincere  atfectu  erga  societateni 
sint,  secundum  explicationem  supra,  datam.  Mit- 
tendi  illi  Romam,  vel  ad  universitates  celebriores  ut 
studeant;  si  autem  in  provincia  studiierint,  peculi- 
ari  affectu  et  favore  professorum  sunt  promovendi. 
Quoadusque  cessitmem  bonorum  suorum  fecerint 
societati,  nihil  illis  denegetur,  sed  postquam  illam 
fecerunt,  mortificentur,  ut  coiteri,  sempert  amen  re 
spectu  aliquo  habito  ad  presterita. 

5.  Erit  etiam  ratio  peculiaris  eorum  apud  supe- 
riores,  qui  selectos  aliquos  juvenes  ad  societatem 
allexerint  quando  quidem  aQectum  suum  erga  socie- 
tatem non  parum  testati  sunt ;  sed  quamdiu  illi  non- 
dum  professi  sunt,  videndum  ne  nimium  illis  indul- 
geatur,  ne  forte  fortuna,  quos  ad  societatem  adduxe 
runt,  reducant. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  117 

III.  These  sliould  scarce  ever  be  dismlssecl,  least 
^vc  bring  an  ill  reputation  upon  the  Society. 

IV.  Besides  these,  let  all  be  caressed  who  are 
distinguished  either  for  their  parts,  nobility  or  riches, 
especially  jf  they  have  friends  or  relations  \vho  are 
firm  to  our  interests,  possessed  of  power,  and  have 
given  convincing  proofs  of  a  sincere  affection  towards 
us,  according  to  the  method  before  laid  down.  Let 
these  be  sent  to  Rome,  or  some  other  fcimous  uni- 
versities, to  prosecute  their  studies;  but  if  their  in- 
clinations lead  them  to  do  this  in  the  province,  let 
theni  be  encouraged  by  the  particular  affection  and 
favor  of  the  pi'ofessors,  till  they  have  surrendered  to 
us  their  eflects  let  nothini^  be  denved  them  ;  but 
when  once  Ave  have  got  them  to  do  this,  oblige  them 
then  to  mortification,  like  the  rest,  but  uot  without 
having  a  little  regard  to  their  past  beneficence. 

V.  Let  the  superiors  also  show  a  particular  re- 
spect to  such  as  have  allured  any  clever  youths  into 
the  Society  ;  since  this  is  no  ti'ifling  testimony  of 
their  affection  for  us :  but  till  these  are  professed, 
care  must  be  taken  not  to  give  those  too  great  in 
dulgence,  for  fear  they  should  carry  away  again 
those  very  persons  they  brought  to  us. 


118  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

CAPUT     XIII.      . 

De  delectu  javeniim  in  societatem  admit tendorujn  ei 

inodo  retinendl. 

1.  Summa  prudentia  contendendum  est,  ut  dill- 
gantur  juvenes  ingenio  bono,  forma  non  contem- 
nenda,  genere  nobiles,  aut  quod  minimum  horuni 
all  quo  excel  1  en  tes. 

2.  Ut  facilius  ad  institulum  nostrum  pertrahan- 
tur,  peculiarl  affectu  quamdiu  student  a  prsefectis 
scholarum  et  magistris  sunt  prasveniendi ;  extra 
tempora  scholse  ab  iisdem  sunt  instruendi,  quam 
gratuna  Deo  sit,  si  quis  illl  se,  et  sua  omnia,  priEser- 
tim  in  societate  filii  sui,  consecret. 


3.  Ducantur  occasione  daia  per  collegium  et 
hortum,  imo  aliquando  etiam  ad  villas,  et  cum  nos- 
trls  versentur  tempore  recreationum,  et  paulatlm 
familiares  fiant,  cavendo  tamen  ne  familiaritas  pa- 
riat  contemptum. 

4.  Non  permittantur  castigarl,  et  in  ordinem  re 
digi  a  prasceptoribus  cum  aliis  discipulis. 

5.  JMunusculis  ac  privilegiis  variis,  S2tati  illorum 


OF    TPIE    JESUITS.  119 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

How  to  pick  out  young  men  to  be  admitted  into  the 
Society^  and  in  what  vianner  to  retain  them. 

I.  Let  us  endeavor,  with  the  utmost  prudence, 
to  pick  out  young  men,  of  a  good  genius,  an  agreea- 
ble personage,  and  noble  family,  or  at  least  such  as 
excel  in  some  one  of  these. 

II.  That  they  may,  with  greater  ease,  be  drawn 
to  us,  let  the  masters  who  have  the  care  of  their 
instruction,  both  during,  and  also  after  school-time, 
by  a  particular  mildness,  prepossess  them  in  our 
favor,  and  insinuate  how  acceptable  an  offei'ing  it  is 
to  the  Almighty,  when  any  one  dedicates  himself, 
and  all  that  he  has,  to  him ;  especially  in  the  So- 
ciety of  his  Son. 

III.  At  proper  opportunities,  let  them  be  enter- 
tained in  our  colleg^es  and  gardens,  and  sometimes 
at  our  country-seats  ;  let  them  accompany  our  mem- 
bers at  times  of  recreation,  and  by  little  and.  little 
be  drawn  into  a  familiarity ;  but,  however,  with 
such  proper  cautions  as  may  prevent  its  breeding  '\\\ 
them  contempt. 

IV.  Let  not  their  masters  be  allowed  to  chastise, 
nor  keep  them  in  subjection  as  the  other  scholars. 

V.  Let  them  be  allured,  by  little  presents,  and 
indulgence  of  liberties  agreeable  to  their  age ;  and, 


120  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

coiiformlbus,  divinclendi  sunt,  et  maxime  colloquiis 
spiritualibus  sunt  animandi. 

6.  Inculcetur  illis  hcec  fieri  disposltione  divina, 
tanquani  ad  societateni  electis  pras  tot  aliis  idem 
gyninasiuiii  frequentantibus. 

7.  Aliis  occasionibus,  prcesertim  exhortationibus, 
terrendi  sunt  minis  damnationis  Eetern^e,  nis  divince 
vocationi  obtemperent. 

8.  Si  soclatatem  ingredi  constanter  petant,  dif- 
feratur  illorum  admissio,  quamdiu  constantes  ma- 
nent;  quud  si  mutabiles  appareant,  quamprimum 
et  omnibus  modis  foveantur. 


9.  Admoneantur  efficaciter  ne  ulli  familiari  suo, 
et  nc  quidem  parent! bus  vocationem  suam  nperi- 
ant,  priusquam  admissi  sint.  Quud  si  deinde  aliqua 
illos  tentatio  resiliendi  superveniat,  in  integro  turn 
ipsi,  turn  societas  erit,  et  si  ilia  superata  fuerit,  sem- 
per erit  occasio  illos  rememoratlone  ejusdem  posted 
animandi  si  tempore  novitiatus,  aut  post  emissa 
vota  simplicia  obveniat. 


10.  Quia  ver6  maxima  difficultas  est  in  allicien* 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  121 

above  all,  let  their  affections  be  warmed  with  spi- 
1  itnal  discourses. 

Vi.  Let  it  be  inculcated,  that  their  being  chosen 
out  of  such  a  number,  rather  than  any  of  their  fel- 
low-collegiates,  is  a  most  pregnant  instance  of  divine 
appointment. 

VII,  On  other  occasions,  but  especially  in  ex- 
hortations, let  them  be  terrified  with  denunciations 
of  eternal  punishment,  unless  they  accept  of  the 
heavenly  invitation. 

VII  I,  The  more  earnestlv  they  desire  admission 
into  our  Society,  the  longer  let  the  grant  of  such 
favor  be  deterred,  provided  at  the  same  time  they 
seem  stedfast  in  their  resolution  ;  but  if  their  minds 
appear  to  be  wavering,  let  all  proper  methods  be 
used  i^ov  the  immediate  firing  of  them. 

IX.  Let  them  be  strictly  cautioned  not  to  malce 
the  least  discovery  of  their  call  to  any  intimate 
friends,  not  even  so  much  as  to  their  parents,  be- 
fore they  are  become  one  of  us :  that  if  afterwards 
any  temptation  to  fall  off,  arises,  both  they  and  the 
Society  will  be  wholly  at  their  liberties;  and  should 
we  get  the  better  of  such  inclinations,  it  will  always 
be  a  handle,  from  their  past  irresolution,  to  stir 
them  up  to  a  firmer  perseverance  for  the  future,  if 
this  happens  while  they  are  novices,  or  after  they 
have  made  but  simple  vows. 

X.  But  since  the  greatest  dilliculty  occurs  in 

11 


122  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

dis  magnatuni,  nohllium  senatorum  filiis,  qiiandiii 
apud  pareiites  sunt,  qui  illos,  ad  succedendum  il]o- 
rum  officiis  edacant,  persuadendum  illis  per  anucos 
potius  quam  per  personas  societatis,  ut  illos  in  aliis 
provinciis,  et  remotis  universitatibus  collocent,  in 
quibas  nostrl  decent,  prcemissis  instructlonibus  ad 
professores  de  qualitate  et  conditionibus  illorum,  ut 
afFeetum  i'.lorun),  societatl  facilius  et  certius  con- 
cilient. 

11.  Quando  ad  astatem  aliquo  niodo  matnrain 
pervencrint,  inducendi  erunt  ad  facienda  aliqua  exer- 
cilia  spiritualia,  quae  in  Gernianis  et  Polonis  seepo 
bonuin  successum  habuerunt. 

12.  Perturbationibus  et  afflictionibus  illorura 
occurrendiini  crlt,  pro  qualitate  et  conditione  unius- 
cujusqae  adhibilis  deinonstratiunibiis,  et  exhortati- 
onibus  privatis  de  nialo  successu  divitianim,  et  bono 
vocationis  non   contemnendo  sub   poena   infernalls. 


13.  Apud  parentes  ut  facilius  filioruni  suoruni 
desiderlo  in  societatem  ingrediendi  condescendant, 
ostendatur  excellentio  instituti  societatis,  pros  aliis 
religionibus,  sanctitatis,  et  doctrinte  patrum  nostro- 


OF     THE     JESUITS.-  123 

drawing  in  the  sons  of  noblemen,  persons  of  distinc- 
tion, and  senators,  while  they  are  under  the  wing  of 
their  parents,  who  endeavor  to  train  them  up  to 
succeed  ija  their  employments  ;  let  our  friends,  rather 
than  members,  persuade  them  to  send  their  chil- 
dren into  other  provinces,  and  remote  universities, 
wherein  some  of  our  order  are  tutors;  private  in- 
structions, concerning  their  quality  and  condition, 
being  first  transmitted,  that  they  may  be  the  better 
enabled,  by  touching  upon  right  strings,  to  secure 
their  affection  to  the  Societv. 

XL  AVhen  they  are  more  advanced  in  age,  let 
them  be  enticed  to  the  performance  of  some  spi- 
ritual exercises,  this  method  having  been  attended 
with  very  good   success  among   the    Germans  and 

Polanders. 

XI I.  In  troubles  and  afflictions. we  must  admin- 
ister comfort  to  every  one  according  to  their  several 
qualities  and  conditions,  by  laying  before  them  how 
often  riches  are  a  curse  to  the  possessors,  and  pri- 
vately exhort  them  not  to  contemn  the  call  of  God, 
tlie  doing  which  exposes  the  offender  to  no  less  a 
penalty  than  that  of  hell-fire. 

XIII.  That  parents  may  more  readily  condescend 
to  their  sons  desires  of  becoming  members  of  our 

"Society,  it  will  be  highly  expedient  to  extol  the  ex- 
cellence of  its  institutions,  in  comparison  of  that  of 
all  other  orders ;  the  sanctity  and  learning  of  our 


124  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

rum,  osstimatio  integni  apud  omnes,  honor  et  np- 
phuisLis  universalis,  qui  socletatis  a  suinmis  et  a 
minimis  defertur;  et  recenseatur  numerus  princi- 
pum  ct  magnatum,  qui  magno  animi  sui  solatio  in 
hac  societate  Jesu  vixerunt,  et  mortui  sunt,  et  tiam 
nunc  vivunt.  Ostendatur  quam  gratuni  Deo  sit 
quod  juvenes  sese  iili  mancipent,  prtesertim  in  so- 
cietate filiii  sui,  et  quam  bonum  sit  viro,  cum  por- 
feiiverit  iu^nm  Domini  ab  adolescentia  sua.  Quod 
si  de  teneritudine  et  minus  pcrfecta  sctate  discepte- 
tur,  declaretur  facilitas  instituti  nostri  quod  prceter 
trium  votorum  observationem,  nihil  aliud  quod 
valde  molestum  sit  continet,  et  quod  valde  spectan 
dum  est,  nuliani  reguhim  obligare,  ne  quidem  sub 
pcccalo  venial i. 


CxlPUT  XIV. 

De  casibus   reservatis^  et   causa    cUmiltendi    e    So- 

cietdte. 

1.  Preeter  casus  expresses  in  constitutionibus,  a 
quibus  solus  superior  aut  confessarius  ordinarius, 
cum  ejus  licentia,  absolvere  poterit,  sunt  sodomia, 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  125 

"brethren,  the  unspotted  character  they  maintain 
among  all,  and  the  universal  honor  and  applause  they 
meet  with  every  where,  from  persons  of  all  qualities 
and  degrees.  Let  an  enumeration  be  made  of  the 
princes  and  noblemen,  who,  to  the  great  comfort  of 
their  souls,  lived  in  this  Society  of  Jesus^  and  are 
dead,  and  yet  live.  Let  us  show  that  nothing  is 
more  pleasing  to  God,  than  that  young  men  should 
devote  themselves  'entirely  to  him,  especially  as 
companions  in  the  Society  of  his  Son  ;  and  that  it  is 
one  of  the  greatest  felicities,  for  a  man,  from  his 
youth,  to  bear  the  yoke  of  the  Lojd :  but  if  any 
difficulties  be  started,  by  reason  of  the  tenderness 
of  their  age,  let  the  easiness  of  our  institution  be  ex- 
plained, which  contains  nothing  in  it  very  difficult 
to  be  observed,  except  the  keeping  of  three  vows ; 
and  (which  is  very  remarkable)  not  any  one  rule, 
whose  non-observance  would  be.  the  commission 
even  of  a  venial  sin. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

0/  reserved  cases,  and  causes  of  dismission  frcik 

the  Society, 

I.  Besides  the  cases  already  mentioned  in  our 
statutes,  in  which  the  superior  only,  or  the  ordinary 
confessor,  by  his  authority,  has  power  to  absolve ; 

11* 


126  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

nif)1Iities,  fornicatio,  adulterium,  stuprum,  tactus  ini- 
pudicus  maris  jiut  feiiiinas,  prteterea,  si  quis  qua- 
cutnquezeli  causa,  aut  occasione  quomodolibet  quid- 
quam  grave  moliatur  contra  societatem,  ejusque 
*ionorein  aut  utilitatem,  quae  etiani  omnes  sunt 
'ListEC  causos  dimissionis. 

2.  Quod  si  quis  aliquid  hujusmodi  confiteatur 
sacramentaliter,  non  prius  absolvatur,  quam  pro- 
miserit  se  extra  confessionein  superior!  manifesta- 
turuin  per  se,  vel  per  confessariuin  ;  turn  superior 
concludet,  pro  bono  conimuni  societatis,  quod  me- 
li.is  videbitur  ;  ct  si  certa  spes  sit  criminis  occul- 
tandi,  conformi  poenitentia  plectendus  erit,  sin  vero 
quampi"inium  diniittendus  ;  caverit  sibi  iterim  con- 
fcssarius  dicere  poenitenti  ilium  periclitari  de  de- 
inissione. 

3.  Si  quis  ex  nostris  confessariis  audiverit  ab 
aliquu  persona  externa,  qu6d  cum  aliquo  6  societate 
rem  turpem  commiserit,  non  earn  prius  absolvat, 
quam  extra  confessionem  aperuerit  nomen  illius 
ciini  quo  peccavit;  quod  si  dixerit,  adhuc  non  ab- 
solvatur, nisi  jurejurando  se  obstrinxerit  se  nun- 
quain  id  ulli  mortalium  revelaturum  sine  consensu 
societatis. 

4.  Si  duo  ex  nostris  carnal  iter  peccaverint,  si 
prior  manifestaverit,  in  societate  retineatur,   alter 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  127 

there  are  others,  namely,  sodoiny,  effeminacy,  for- 
nication, adultery,  uncleanness,  unseemly  commerce 
with  man  or  woman  ;  the  commission  also  of  any 
heinous  offence  against  the  Society,  its  honor  or  in. 
terest,  whether  through  zeal  or  otherwise ;  all  which 
also  are  just  causes  of  expulsion. 

II.  But  if  any  one  at  the  sacrament  confess  sins 
of  this  kind,  till  promise  be  made,  out  of  confession 
to  discover  them  to  the  superior,  either  himself,  or 
by  his  confessor,  let  not  absolution  be  given  him  ; 
and  then  let  the  superior  take  such  resolutions  as 
shall  tend  most  to  the  common  good  of  the  Society, 
but  if  there  be  hopes  of  smothering  the  crime,  let  it 
then  be  punished  with  an  adequate  penance  :  but  if 
not,  let  him,  as  soon  as  possible,  be  expelled  ;  let 
the  confessor  however  be  always  very  cautions  not 
to  inform  the  penitent  that  he  is  in  danger  of  it. 

III.  If  it  come  to  the  ear  of  any  of  our  confess- 
ors, that  a  strange  woman  has  had  to  do  with  a 
member  of  the  Society;  let  her  not  be  absolved 
before  she  has  discovered  his  name,  out  of  confess 
ion  ;  and  even  when  this  is  done,  let  her  by  no  means 
receive  absolution  till  she  has  further  obliged  herself, 
by  an  oath,  never  to  reveal  it  to  any  one  living  with- 
out our  consent. 

IV.  If  two  of  our  members  have  carnally  sinned, 
let  the  first  that  discovers  it  be  retained,  and  the 


128  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

dimittatur  ;  sed  deinde  si  qui  detinetur  ita  mortifi- 
cetur  et  undequaque  affligatiir,  ut  prag  tedio  et  im- 
patientia  occasionem  det  dimissioni,  quce  statim  ar- 
ripiatur. 


5.  Poterit  etiani  societas,  cum  sit  corpus  iiobile 
et  prasstans  in  ecclesia,  a  se  prsescindere  hujusmodi 
personas.  qua?  ad  instituti  nostri  executionem  minus 
idonccC  videbuntur,  quamvis  initio  satisfecerint,  et 
facile  invenietur  occasio ;  si,  nempe  continu6  vexen- 
tur,  et  omnia  fiant  contra  illorum  inclinationem,  sub- 
jiciantur  superioribus  tetricis,  arceantur  a.  studiis  ac 
functionibus  honorificentioribus,  etc.,  donee  obmur- 
murent. 

G.  Retinendi  etiam  nuUatenus  sunt,  qui  aut  su- 
perioribus palam  insurgunt,  aut  palam  aut  clam 
apud  socios,  ac  potissimum  externos  conqueruntur  ; 
item  qui  apud  domesticos  vel  externos  modum 
agendi  societatis,  quoad  acquisitionem  aut  adminis- 
tralionem  bonorum  temporalium  condemnant,  vel 
alias  rationes  agendi,  verbi  gratia,  conculcandi  ac 
supprlmendi  male  affectos  erga  societatem,  vel  di- 
missos.  etc.,  qui  Venotos,  Francos,  aut  alios  a  qui- 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  129 

Other  expelled  :  but  let  him  that  stays  with  us  be 
mortified  and  plagued  with  such  intolerable  disci- 
pline, that  we  may  drive  him  to  commissicn  of 
some  fresh  offence  which  will  afford  a  j^ood  handle 
fur  spewing  him  out;  and  the  first  time  it  offers,  be 
sure  to  lay  hold  on  it. 

V.  As  the  Society  is  a  body,  both  noble  and 
excellent  in  the  church,  it  has  authority  to  lop  off 
such  members,  who,  though  at  their  entrance  they 
might  seem  fie  for  our  purpose,  should  afterwards 
prove  unqualified  for  the  execution  of  our  designs. 
To  effect  this,  a  method  may  easily  be  found,  to  wit, 
bv  continually  using  them  hardly,  and  doing  eveiy 
thino-  contrarv  to  their  inclinations  ;  by  subjectiu"' 
them  to  severe  superiors;  and  by  forcing  theni  from 
the  more  honorable  studies  and  functions,  till  they 
befTin  to  murmur  airainst  such  usa<ie. 

VI.  Nor  let  such  by  any  means  be  retained  as 
either  openly  oppose  their  superiors,  or,  in  public 
or  private,  make  complaints  against  them  to  their 
fellow-members,  but  especially  to  strangers  ;  or  such 
as  condemn,  to  their  associates,  or  strangers,  the 
conduct  of  the  Society  in  the  amassing  or  mana2e- 
ment  of  temporal  goods,  or  any  other  of  our  methods 
of  proceeding ;  as  for  instance,  our  suppressing,  and 
keeping  under  all  either  disaffected  to,  or  expelled 
from  our  order,  &c.  or  that  admit  in  conversation, 
or  defend  the  Venetians^  French^  or  others,  who  by 


130  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

l)us  societas  pulsa,  et  gravia  damna  passa  est,  in 
colloqulis  ferunt  aut  defendunt. 

7.  A!)te  dImissionem,acerrime  agltandi  sunt  il 
qui  demltteiitur,  amovendi  a  consuetis  officils,  et  rao 
do  hulc,  modo  illi  applicandi.  interim  quantumcum- 
que  bene  prsestiterint,  reprehendendi,  eoque  titulo 
alteri  applicandi  ;  pro  leviorl  culpa  qnam  fcjrte  com- 
miserint  graves  poense  assignentur,  confandantur 
publice  usque  ad  inipaticntiat'n.  tandemque  tanqu'un 
aliis  perniciosi  dimittantur  ;  ad  hoc  autem  locus,  de 
quo  minime  opinantur,  cligatur. 


8.  Si  de  aliquo  nostrorum  spes  carta  sit  de  ob- 
tinendo  episcopatu,  aut  alia  dignitate  ecclesiastica, 
prseter  consueta  societatis  vota,  cogatur  alteruni 
cmittere,  quod  semper  bene  de  instituto  societatis 
sensurus  sit,  ac  dicturus,  nequc  alio  confessario  quam 
qui  de  societate  sit;  utctur,  quin  im6  se  in  nullis  re- 
bus alicujus  momenti  quidquam  dispositurum,  nisi 
audito  judicio  societatis.  Quod  quia  cardinalis  To- 
letus  non  observavit,  societas  a  sancta  sede  impe- 
travit  ut  posthic  nuUus  maranus,  perfidse  juda:ca3 
aut  mahometicae  hosres  admittatur,  qui  tale  votum 
;:rsestare  noluerit,  et  tanquani  acerrimus  societatis 


OF   JHE    JESUITS.  "  '     131 

hlnderlnGi;  U3  from  ijstting:  a  footiiiG;  ainonG;  them, 
have  done  the  Society  intolerable  damages. 

VII.  Before  the  time  of  their  dismission, let  them 
be  ti-eated  with  the  utmost  severity,  removed  from 
their  usual  duties,  and  hurried  about  from  one  to 
another;  and  though  they  do  whiitever  you  ta>k 
them,  yet  always  tind  fault,  and  under  this  pi-etence 
remove  them  to  some  other.  For  the  slightest 
olleiice,  though  inadvertently  committed,  be  sure 
you  snl)ject  them  to  a  heavy  punishment;  in  public, 
constantly  abash  them,. till  they  are  able  no  longer 
to  bear  it.  and  then  turn  them  out,  as  persons  whose 

.example  may  be  pernicious  to  others;  and  fur  this 
purpose,  choose  such  place  and  opportunity,  as  they 
never  in  the  least  thought  of. 

VIII.  If  any  of  our  order  has  certain  expectations 
of  a  bishoprick,  or  other  ecclesiastical  preferment, 
let  him,  besides  the  usual  vow^s  of  the  Society,  be 
obliged  to  make  another;  namely,  That  he  \viil 
always  entertain  a  favorable  opinion,  and  on  all 
occasions  speak  honorably  of  us;  that  he  will  never 
confess,  but  to  one  of  our  members,  nor  determine, 
in  any  affair  of  moment,  without  first  consulting  the 
judgment  of  the  Society:  for  non-observance  of 
Avhich  bv  cardinal  Tolet.  our  order  obtained  from 
the  holy  see,  that  no-^Alaran  (descended  from  the 
perfidious  race  of  Jews  and  Mahometans^)  who  will 
not  oblige  himself  to  perform  such  a  vow,  should 
never,  for  the  future,  be  admitted  among  us ;  but 


132  SECRET    iNSTRUCTIONS 

hostis    quantumcumque   Celebris   esset,    dimittatiir. 


CAPUT  XV. 
Quomodo  agendum  cum  monialihts^  et  devotariis. 

1.  Caveant  valde  confessarii  et  concionatorfes 
OiTendere  moniales,  aut  illis  dare  occasionem  tenta- 
tionis  contra  vocatlonem  ;  sed  contra,  aftectu  poti>3- 
sinium  superioruni  sibi  cuncillato,  procurent  confes- 
sion es  saltern  extraordinariasexcipere,  ct  conciones" 
apud  eas  facere,  si  gratitudlnem  illarmn  viceissim  ex- 
periantur  ;  maltuni  eiiim  jiivare  sociatateni  possunt 
nubiles,  pefesertim  ac  divites  abbalia3,  tuni  per  se, 
turn  per  parentes  ac  aniicos  sues,  adeo  nt  juediante 
notitia  priinarioruni  monaslcriorum  paulat.ni  in  no- 
litiani  et  atnicitias  totiiis  {\^'S>q  civitatis  S(;ciet;is  ve- 
nire possit. 

2.  Vitandum  tamen  ex  altera  parte  devotabus 
nostris,  ne  monasteria  feiuinariii!i  frequentent,  ue 
videndi  ratio  ilia  ipsis  mag's  arrideat,  et  sic  socit;tas 
expectatione  omnium  bonoruin,  quce  possldent,  frus- 
tretur.     Induaantur    vero   ad   praestandum    votuni 


OF    THE   JESUITS.  133 

immediately   expelled  as  a  most  virulent  enemy, 
though  a  person  of  ever  so  great  fame  and  reputation. 


CHAPTER    XV. 
Of  our  conduct  towards  nuns  and  female  devotees. 

I.  Let  the  confessors  and  preachers  be  very  cau- 
tious of  offending  nuns,  or  of  leading  them  into  any 
even  the  least  temptation  contrary  to  their  calling; 
but,  on  the  other  hand,  having  by  all  means  gained 
the  affection  of  the  governesses,  let  them  manage  so 
as  at  least  to  take  their  extraordinary  confessions, 
and  preach  to  them,  if  they  find  them  forward  in 
making  grateful  returns:  for  persons  descended  from 
noble  families,  especially  rich  abbesses,  are  capaijlc 
of  being  very  serviceable  to  us,  either  through  their 
own,  or  the  interest  of  their  parents  and  fi-iends ;  so 
that  by  currying  favor  with  the  principal  monasteries, 
the  Society  may  by  degrees  get  an  acquaintance, 
and  work  themselves  into  the  friendship  of  almost 
the  whole  city. 

II.  Yet,  on  the  other  side,  let  our  female  devo- 
tees be  forbidden  to  frequent  nunneries,  lest  they 
should  be  most  taken  with  that  kind  of  lite,  and  we 
thereby  be  baulked  in  our  expectations  of  what  they 
have.  But  let  them  be  induced  to  the  performance 
of  their  vow  of  chastity  and  obedience,  by  the  care 

12 


134  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

Cfistitatis  et  obedlentloe  in  manlbus  confessnrii  siii, 
osteiidaturque  illam  vivendi  ratloncm  esse  confor- 
meni  primitivce  ecclesise  morlbus,  utpote  lucentein 
in  domo,  et  non  sub  modio  sine  proximi  sedificati- 
one  ac  fnictu  animarnm  ;  pra^terquain  qu6d  excin- 
plo  viduaruna  evangelicaruni  Christo  in  sociis  suis 
bcnefaciant  de  substantia  sua  :  denique  omnia  qiiai 
in  praejudicium  claustralis  vitas  sunt,  exponantur, 
eique  applicent,  hujusmodi  instructiones  illis  sub  se- 
creti  sigillo  comnianicent,  ns  forte  ad  aures  religio- 
sorum  perveniant. 


CAPUT    XVI. 
De  conlemptu  divitiarum  paldm  proe  se  ferendo. 

1.  Ne  sasculares  nobis  adscribant  nimiuna  afiec- 
tuni  erga  divitias,  juvabit  nonnunquam  recusare 
eleemosynas  minoris  momenti,  quee  pro  officiis  a  so- 
cietate  prcestitis  offeruntur,  quanquam  ab  lis  qui 
oinnino  nobis  sunt  addicti,  etiam  minimas  quaso.um- 
que  acceptare  conveniat,  ne  avaritiae  arguamur,  si 
tantum  dona  insigniora  admittamus. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  VSo 

of  their  confessor,  by  his  showing  them  that  such 
method  of  living  is  conformable  to  the  purity  of  the 
primitive  church,  being  as  a  candle  which  difTuses 
its  liirht  throLifjh  the  whole  house,  and  not  hid  under 
a  bushel,  and  consequently  contributing  nothing  to 
the  edification  of  our  neighbor,  or  the  good  of  souls; 
and,  like  the  good  widows  in  the  gospel,  that  they 
should  communicate  of  their  substance  to  Christ,  by 
their  bounty  to  his  companions.  J^a-^tly,  let  evr.i-y 
argument  be  applied  which  may  creale  iu  lh<^'iti  an 
aversion  to  a  recluse  life ;  but  let  all  these  inshuc- 
tions  be  delivered  to  them  under  the  strictest  obiiira- 
tions  to  secresy,  lest  other  orders  should  happen  to 
hear  of  them. 


CHAPTER  XVr. 

J/i  what  manner  loe  must  outwardly  feign  a  contempt 

of  riches. 

I.  Lest  the  seculars  should  represent  us  as  too 
much  hankering  after  riches,  it  will  be  proper  now 
and  then  to  refuse  such  small  and  ti-iflinir  alms  as 
are  offered  for  performance  of  pious  offices;  though 
of  such  as  are  thoroughly  attached  to  our  interest, 
we  must  readily  acce'pt  whatever  they  give  us,  lest 
we  bring  upon  ourselves  the  imputation  of  covetous- 
ness  for  our  swallowing  nothing  but  presents  of 
value. 


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2.  Ncfrandce  erunt  sepulturae  personis  vilibus  in 
templis  Dostris,  quainvis  valdc  addlcti  fuerint  socle- 
tati,  no  videamur.pluralitate  mortuorum  divitias  ve- 
iiari.  et  constet  de  beneficiis  quae  a  mortuo  recipimus. 


3.  Cum  viduis  aliisque  personis,  qure  societati 
plei-aque  sua  dederunt,  agendum  erit  valde  resolute 
et  aci'ius  cceteris  paribus,  quam  cum  aliis,  ne  vide- 
amur  propter  considerationem  bonorum  tempora- 
lium  illis  favere  plus  quam  ceteris.  Imo  idem  ob- 
servari  convenit  respectu  illorum  qui  in  socletate 
sunt,  sed  poslquam  bonorum  suorum  cessionem  et 
resi""nationem  in  favorem  societatis  feeerint;  et  si 
neccsse  sit,  a.  societate  diinlltantur,  sed  omni  cum 
discretione,  ut  saltern  partem  eorum  qua3  societati 
dederunt  ei  relinquant,  aut  morientes  testamento 
leo;ent. 


CAPUT   XVII. 

De  mediis  prumovendi  socieiatem. 

1.  In  primis  in  hoc  incumbant  omnes,  ut  etiam 
in  rebus  parvi  momenti  unum  semper  sentiant  et 
saltern  exterius  dicant;    sic  enim  quantumcumque 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  137 

II.  Let  burial  in  our  churches  be  denied  to  per- 
sons of  a  base  character,  although,  in  their  life-times, 
they  have  been  ever  so  much  our  friends,  lest  the 
world  should  surmise  that  we  hunt  after  riches  by 
the  numbers  of  the  deceased,  and  come  to  a  know 
ledge  of  what  we  gain  by  them. 

III.  Let  widows  and  others  who  have  given  u? 
almost  all  they  possessed,  (though  then  they  are  on 
equal  footing  with  others,)  be  treated  with  much 
more  rigor  ;  lest  people  should  imagine  their  greater 
indulgence  proceeds  from  our  hopes  of  secular  ad- 
vantages. The  same  method  should  be  also  observed 
with  such  as  are  in  the  Society,  but  this  must  be 
after  they  have  entirely  given  up  all  into  our  hands; 
and  if  ever  after  there  be  a  necessity  for  it,  let  them 
be  dismissed  ;  but  this  must  be  done  with  such  dis- 
cretion, that  they  may  be  induced  to  leave  to  the 
order,  part  at  least  of  what  they  formerly  gave  us  • 
or  bequeath  it  by  will,  at  the  time  of  their  death. 


CHAPTER    XVn. 

0/  the  methods  of  advancing  the  Society. 

I.  Let  our  members  chiefly  endeavor  at  this, 
always  to  act  with  humanity,  even  in  things  of  tri 
fling  moment;  or  at  least  to  have  the  outward  appear 
ance  of  doing  so ;  for  by  this  means,  whatever  con- 

12* 


138  BECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

res  miind.  bujus  turbldas   fuerint,  societas  semper 
ncccssario  augebitur  et  confirmabitur. 

2.  Sic  omnes  lucere  nitantur  doctrina  et  exem- 
plls,  ut  reliqui  religiosi,  prfesertim  ii  qui  de  clero 
sunt,  pastores,  etc.,  superentur,  tandemque  vulgus 
omnia  a  nostris  tantum  prajstarl  optet ;  quin  imo 
boc  palain  dicatur,  non  requiri  in  pastoribus  doctri- 
narn  tantam,  moda  suo  munere  bene  fangantur, 
consilio  enini  societatem  juvare  posse,  quoa  idcirc6 
studia  sunimopere  com  men  data  habet. 


3.  Fovendi  reges  ac  prhicipes  hac  doctrina, 
quod  fides  catbolica  in  presenti  statu  persistere  ne- 
queat  sine  politismo.  sed  ad  hoc  magna  opus  discre- 
tione  ;  hac  ratione  nostrt  grati  erunt  magnatibus,  et 
ad  iutiiniora  consilia  adhibebuntur. 


4,  Fovcri  poterunt  novis  lectlssimis  et  certlssi- 
mis  undequaque  transcrlptis. 

5.  Neque  parum  conferet  si  magnatum  et  priii- 
cipum  dissensiones  caute  ac  secreto  nutriantur, 
etiam  cum  mutua  virium  infractione.  Quod  si  ani- 
madverteretur   verisimiliter    conciliandos,  societas 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  139 

fusions  may  arise  in  the  world,  the  Society  of  neces- 
sity will  always  increase  and  maintain  its  ground. 

II.  Let  all  earnestly  endeavor  so  to  shine  in  their 
learning  and  good  example,  that  other  religious? 
especially  those  of  the  clergy,  &c.  may  be  eclipsed, 
and  the  common  people  at  length  drawn  in  to  re- 
quest us  to  discharge  every  office.  And  Jet  it  be 
also  publicly  declared,  that  a  very  great  fund  of 
learning  is  not  so  absolutely  necessary  in  pastors, 
provided  in  all  other  respects  they  discharge  their 
dut\  as  they  ought;  for  the  Society  can  assist  with 
advice  on  emergencies,  for  which  reason  it  has  good 
offices  of  this  sort  in  a  particular  esteem. 

III.  Let  kings  and  princes  be'  kept  up  in  this 
principle,  that  the  Catholic  faith,  as  matters  now 
stand,  cannot  subsist  without  the  civil  power,  which 
however  must  be  managed  with  the  greatest  discre- 
tion. Bv  this  means  our  members  will  work  them- 
selves  into  the  favor  of  persons  in  the  highest  post 
of  government,  and  consequently  be  admitted  into 
their  most  secret  councils. 

IV.  It  will  be  also  proper  to  entertain  their  curi- 
osity with  the  newest,  choicest,  and  most  genuine 
transcripts  that  can  be  purchased  from  all  places. 

V.  Nor  will  it  contribute  a  little  to  our  advan- 
tage, if,  with  caution  and  secrecy.,  we  foment  and 
heighten  the  animosities  that  arise  among  princes 
and  great  men,  even  to. such  a  degree  that  they  may 


140  SECRET    INSTRUCTIONS 

quamprimum  illos  pacificare  contendet,  ne  aliunde 
prasveniatur. 

C.  Ingeneranda  omnibus  mod  is,  prassertim  vulgo 
et  ma^^natibus,  opinio  de  societatis  erectione  per  sin- 
gularem  providentiam  divinam,  juxta  prophetias 
Joacblmi  abbatis,  ad  hoc  ut  ecclesia  depressa  ad  hse- 
reticis  elevetur. 


7.  Turn  magnatum  et  episcoporum  gratia  ob- 
tenta,  occupandi  pastoratus  et  canonicatus,  ad  refor- 
mationem  cleri  exactiorem,  qui  olim  sub  certa  regu- 
la  cum  episcopis  suis  vivebant,  et  ad  perfectionem 
tendebant ;  ac  tandem  ad  abbatias  et  prajlaturas  as- 
pirandum,  quas  attenta  ignavia  ac  stupiditate  mona- 
chorum,  ubi  vacaverint,  non  erit  difficile  assequi ; 
etenim  ex  re  ecclesise  omnino  foret,  si  omnes  episco- 
patus  a  societate  tenerentur,  im6  sedes  apostolica 
possideretur ;  prassertim  si  pontifex  bonorum  om- 
nium princeps  temporalis  fieret,  quare  omni  ratione 
temporal ia  societatis,  prud enter  tamen  et  secret6 
paulatim  extendenda,  neque  dubium  quin  tunc  au- 
rea  saecula  et  pax  continua  ac  universalis,  et  con- 
sequenter  benedictio  divina  ecclesiam  comitaretur. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  141 

weaken  each  other.  But  if  there  appear  any  likeli- 
hood of  reconciliation,  then  as  soon  as  possible  let  us 
endeavor  to  be  the  mediators,  lest  others  prevent  us- 

VI.  The  nobility  and  populace  must,  by  all 
methods,  be  persuaded  into  a  belief  that  the  Society 
was  instituted  by  the  particular  direction  of  divine 
providence,  according  to  the  prophecies  of  the  abbot 
Juckim,  that  by  this  means  the  church,  though  de- 
pressed by  the  attempts  of  heretics,  may  be  raised 
again  to  its  primitive  lustre. 

VII.  The  favor  of  the  nobility  and  superior  clergy, 
once  got,  our  next  aim  must  be  to  draw  all  cures 
and  canonships  into  our  possession,  for  the  more 
complete  reformation  of  the  clergy,  who  heretofore 
lived  under  certain  regulation  of  their  bishops,  and 
made  considerable  advances  towards  perfection. 
And  lastly,  let  us  aspire  to  abbacies  and  bishoprics, 
the  obtaining  which,  when  vacancies  happen,  will 
very  easily  be  effected,  considering  the  supineness 
and  stupidity  of  the  monks ;  for  it  would  entirely 
tend  to  the  benefit  of  the  church,  that  all  bishoprics, 
and  even  the  apostolical  see,  should  be  hooked  into 
our  hands,  especially  should  his  holiness  ever  be- 
come a  temporal  prince  over  all.  Wherefore,  let 
no  methods  be  untried,  with  cunning  and  privacy, 
by  degrees,  to  increase  the  worldly  interests  of  the 
Society,  and  then,  no  doubt,  a  golden  age  will  go 
hand  in  hand  with  an  universal  and  lasting  peace, 


142  SECRET   INSTRUCTIONS 


8.  Quod  si  spes  non  afftilgeat  ad  hoec  pervenien 
di,  cum  equidem  necesse  sit  ut  vendiant  scandaia, 
pro  tempore  invertendus  erit  status  politicus,  et  inci- 
tandi  principes  iiostris  familiariter  utentes  ad  belJa 
mntua  et  importuna  ;  ut  sic  ubique  societas  implo- 
retur  ac  impeudatur  reconciliationi  publicoc,  ut  com- 
munis boni  auclrix,  et  [)rimariis  beueficiis  et  digui- 
tatibus  ecclesiasticis  coinpensetur. 


9.  Denique  hoc  saltern  conabitur  societas  effi- 
cere,  acquisita  principum  gratia  et  auctoritate,  ut 
ab  iis  a  quibus  non  amatur,  saltern  timeatur. 


OF    THE    JESUITS.  143 

and  the  divine  blessing  of  consequence  attend  the 
ciitholic  church. 

VIII.  But  if  our  hopes  in  this  should  be  blasted, 
and  since  offences  of  necessity  will  come,  our  politi- 
cal schemes  must  be  cunningly  varied,  according  to 
the  different  posture  of  the  times;  and  princes,  our 
intimates,  whom  we  can  mfluence  to  follow  our  coun- 
cils, must  be  pushed  on  to  embroil  themselves  in 
vigorous  wars  one  with  another,  to  the  end,  our  So- 
ciety (as  promoters  of  the  universal  good  of  the 
world,)  may  on  all  hands  be  solicited  to  contribute 
its  assistance,  and  always  employed  in  being  media- 
tors of  public  dissensions :  by  this  means  tlie  chief 
benefices  and  preferments  in  the  church  will,  of 
course,  be  given  to  us  by  way  of  compensation  for 
our  services. 

IX.  Finally,  the  Society  must  endeavor  to  effect 
this  at  least,  that  having  got  the  favor  and  authority 
of  princes,  those  who  do  not  love  them  at  least  fear 
them. 


END    OF    6ECKET   INSTRUCTIONS. 


MORALITY  OF  THE  JESUITS. 

Lemoipie.  Prop.  1.  pa?e  36.  "  A  Christian  may  deliberately  discard  his 
cliristian  character,  and  act  as  other  men,  ia  those  things  which  are  not 
properly  christian !" 

Aiagona,  Thorn.  Aquin.  Sum.  Theol.  Compend.  Quest.  94,  p.  230.  "Ex 

nuuKla;o  Dei  licet  occidere,  etc."     By  the  command  of  God,  it  is  lawful 

.  to  murder  the  innocent,  to  rob.  and  to  commit  all  lewdness,  because  he  i» 

Lord  of  life,  and  oeath,  and  all  things ;  and  thus  to  fulfil  his  mandate  is 

our  duty ! 

High  Trk.ison.  PJiUopater,  Tlespons.  ad  Edict.  Sec.  2,  Num.  157, 
15S,  pa^c  106.  "All  theologians  and  eccletiastical  lawyers  aftirm,  that 
o^'irv  C'hristian  government,  as  soon  as  they  openly  abandon  the  lioman 
faitii.  instantly  are  degraded  from  all  power  and  dignity,  %  hiimaii  and 
divine  ri(jht :  all  their  subjects  are  absolved  from  tlie  oath  of  fidelity  and 
obedience  which  they  have  taken  ;  and  they  may  and  ought,  if  they  luine 
the  poioer,  to  drive  such  a  government  from  every  Cliristian  stale,  as  an 
npO'Sidte,  heretic,  and  deserter  from  Jesus  Christ,  and  a  declared  enemy 
t-i  Uu-ir  repichlic.  This  certain  and  indubiUiJde  decinon  of  all  Vie 
most  learned  men  is perfectlij  cov formed  to  Apostolic  doctrine  .'"' 

Henrique?.,  Sum.  Theol.  Moral.  Vol.  1,  Lib.  14.  Cap.  10,  page  S69  "  If 
an  adulterous  priest,  aware  of  his  danger,  having  visited  an  adulteress, 
is  as.'^ailed  by  her  husband,  kills  the  man  in  his  own  defence,  he  is  not 
criminal." 

Fagundaz,  Precept.  Decalog.  Vol.  1.  Lib.  4.  Cap.  2,  page  501.  055,  and 
Vol.  2.  Lib.  8,  Cap.  82,  page  390.  '■•Papist  children  may  accuse  their 
varents  for  heresy,  aiihough  they  know  that  their  parents  will  be  burnt 
for  it.-' 

Amic2is,  Num.  131.  "^  Priest  may  hill  those  who  hinder  him 
frora  taking  possession  of  any  eccle-nastical  office." 

Escohar,  Theol og.  Moral.  Vol.  4.  Lib.  32.  Sec.  2,  Prob.  5,  pace  274- 
"  It  is  lavjfd  to  kill  an  accuser  whose  testimony  m.ay  jeopard  your 
life  ami  honor  " 

Cardnuis,  Crisis  Theolog. Diss. 23,  Cap.  2,  Art.  l.page  474.  "Servants 
may  secretly  steal  from  their  masters  as  much  as  they  judge  tlu'ir  labor 
is  worth  more  tliau  the  wages  which  (hey  receive."  To  tliis  agrees 
Taherna.  , 

fforr/ortw.'?,  Theolog.  Moral.  Univ.  Lib.  5,  Quest.  3,  Cap  4.  page  S26. 
"A  woman  may  Take  the  property  of  her  husband  to  supply  her  spiritual 
wants,  and  to  act  like  other  women  " 

Taberna,  Vol.  2  Pars.  2,  Tract.  2,  Cap.  31,  page  2SS.  "Is  a  witness 
bor.nd  to  declare  the  truth  before  a  lawful  judge  ?  No — if  his  deposition 
Avill  injure  himself  or  his  posterity;  or  if  he.  he  a  Priest,  for  a  Prie-si 
cannot  be  forced  to  testify  before  a  secular  judge." 

3folina,  Vol.  .3,  Di^put.  16,  page  1763.  "Priests  may  kiU  the  Laity 
Co  preserve  their  goods,'"  &c.^&c!l 

At  a  ver}'  early  period  after  the  establishment  of  the  order  of  Jesuits, 
the  civil  and  ecclesiastical  authorities  of  France  proclaimed  that  "The 
Society  was  dangerous  to  the  Christian  faith,  disturbers  of  the  peace, 
and  more  fitted  to  corrupt  than  to  edify." 

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